HOOP
Dictionary entry overview: What does hoop mean?
• HOOP (noun)
The noun HOOP has 4 senses:
1. a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
2. a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
3. a small arch used as croquet equipment
4. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
Familiarity information: HOOP used as a noun is uncommon.
• HOOP (verb)
The verb HOOP has 1 sense:
1. bind or fasten with a hoop
Familiarity information: HOOP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOOP (noun)
Meaning:
A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hoop" is a kind of...):
frame; skeletal frame; skeleton; underframe (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoop"):
farthingale (a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries)
pannier (set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips)
Holonyms ("hoop" is a part of...):
crinoline; hoopskirt (a skirt stiffened with hoops)
Meaning:
A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hoop; ring
Context example:
there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse
Hypernyms ("hoop" is a kind of...):
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoop"):
rim ((basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended)
tire; tyre (hoop that covers a wheel)
rim (the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached)
nose ring (a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it)
napkin ring (a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin)
key ring (a circular ring of metal for holding keys)
curtain ring (a circular ring for holding up a curtain)
carabiner; karabiner; snap ring (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)
towel ring (a circular hoop for holding a towel)
Holonyms ("hoop" is a part of...):
wagon wheel (a wheel of a wagon)
barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
Meaning:
A small arch used as croquet equipment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
wicket; hoop
Hypernyms ("hoop" is a kind of...):
croquet equipment (sports equipment used in playing croquet)
Meaning:
Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
basketball hoop; basket; hoop
Hypernyms ("hoop" is a kind of...):
basketball equipment (sports equipment used in playing basketball)
goal (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)
• HOOP (verb)
Meaning:
Bind or fasten with a hoop
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
hoop vats
Hypernyms (to "hoop" is one way to...):
encircle; gird (bind with something round or circular)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
