Hoop
noun
A round shape that is open in the middle, often made of metal or plastic.
She was playing with a hula hoop in the park.
Often appears as...
- hula hoop
- earring hoop
noun
In basketball, the ring that the ball is thrown through to score points.
He jumped high to shoot the ball through the hoop.
Often appears as...
- basketball hoop
- shoot the hoop
noun
A circular band of metal used to hold together the pieces of a barrel.
The barrel is constructed with wooden staves and metal hoops.
Often appears as...
- barrel hoop
- metal hoop
verb
To surround or encircle with or as if with a hoop.
She hooped the pole with a wire.
Often appears as...
- hoop with wire
- hoop around
idiom
Having to do a lot of things or put a lot of effort in order to achieve something.
I had to jump through hoops to get approval for the project.
Often appears as...
- jump through hoops
- go through hoops
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noun
A round shape that is open in the middle, often made of metal or plastic.
She was playing with a hula hoop in the park.
Often appears as...
- hula hoop
- earring hoop
noun
In basketball, the ring that the ball is thrown through to score points.
He jumped high to shoot the ball through the hoop.
Often appears as...
- basketball hoop
- shoot the hoop
noun
A circular band of metal used to hold together the pieces of a barrel.
The barrel is constructed with wooden staves and metal hoops.
Often appears as...
- barrel hoop
- metal hoop
verb
To surround or encircle with or as if with a hoop.
She hooped the pole with a wire.
Often appears as...
- hoop with wire
- hoop around
idiom
Having to do a lot of things or put a lot of effort in order to achieve something.
I had to jump through hoops to get approval for the project.
Often appears as...
- jump through hoops
- go through hoops
Usage tips
Idiomatic
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Pro Tip 1/2Playful Object
Hoops are often associated with children's playthings or light-hearted activities.
The kids each grabbed a colorful hoop and began twirling them.
Pro Tip 2/2Jewelry Piece
Hoop earrings are common in fashion and can vary greatly in size.
She wore large silver hoops that matched her bracelet.
Pro Tip 1/2Playful Object
Hoops are often associated with children's playthings or light-hearted activities.
The kids each grabbed a colorful hoop and began twirling them.
Pro Tip 2/2Jewelry Piece
Hoop earrings are common in fashion and can vary greatly in size.
She wore large silver hoops that matched her bracelet.
Pro Tip 1/2Playful Object
Hoops are often associated with children's playthings or light-hearted activities.
The kids each grabbed a colorful hoop and began twirling them.
Pro Tip 2/2Jewelry Piece
Hoop earrings are common in fashion and can vary greatly in size.
She wore large silver hoops that matched her bracelet.
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The genius puppetry...
where we made a piece about a tall giraffe. It was just called "Tall Horse," which was a life-sized giraffe. And here again, you see the same structure. The bulkheads have now turned into hoops of cane, but it's ultimately the same structure. It's got two people inside it on stilts, which give them the height,
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Things you learned in...
things that we can do with either high speed video or like I said that particular basketball has a ray of sensors in it that allows us to make those measurements but you can also make those measurements on paper like I said going back to this equation is so let's say you're out shooting hoops and you're
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Is it really that bad to...
it may be worldly out of fashion in europe and north america now but like hoop skirts and top hats cousin marriage used to be a much more common sight people like charles darwin edgar allan poe and albert einstein all married their first cousins president franklin delano roosevelt married his fifth
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Nelly the Clever Pig PIPE...
task accomplishing and it's putting a round object into that hoop and so it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here okay now this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Why do I make art? To...
A series of hoops are created out of willow wood, and they're threaded together to create formations of the natural world, showing the many beauties of life. In this dance, you're circling in a constant spin, mimicking the movement of the Sun and the passage of time.
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Robots that fly ... and...
while the robot is calculating the position of the hoop, and trying to figure out how to best go through the hoop. So as an academic, we're always trained to be able to jump through hoops to raise funding for our labs, and we get our robots to do that.
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David Brooks: The social...
And so the kids are raised in a certain way, jumping through achievement hoops of the things we can measure -- SAT prep, oboe, soccer practice. They get into competitive colleges, they get good jobs, and sometimes they make a success of themselves
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Constructing the...
there you go finding schools in World Financial Center windows are taller than a basketball hoop and weigh as much as three grand pianos add these Heights wrestling with weights like that can be
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Why good ideas get...
They’ve passed every test, cleared every hurdle, jumped through every hoop. Now, all that remains is to unleash them on the world.
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A Lethal Web PIPE National...
her life our team removed the hoop from her mouth
Video examples
The genius puppetry...
where we made a piece about a tall giraffe. It was just called "Tall Horse," which was a life-sized giraffe. And here again, you see the same structure. The bulkheads have now turned into hoops of cane, but it's ultimately the same structure. It's got two people inside it on stilts, which give them the height,
Video examples
Things you learned in...
things that we can do with either high speed video or like I said that particular basketball has a ray of sensors in it that allows us to make those measurements but you can also make those measurements on paper like I said going back to this equation is so let's say you're out shooting hoops and you're
Video examples
Is it really that bad to...
it may be worldly out of fashion in europe and north america now but like hoop skirts and top hats cousin marriage used to be a much more common sight people like charles darwin edgar allan poe and albert einstein all married their first cousins president franklin delano roosevelt married his fifth
Video examples
Nelly the Clever Pig PIPE...
task accomplishing and it's putting a round object into that hoop and so it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here okay now this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
Video examples
Why do I make art? To...
A series of hoops are created out of willow wood, and they're threaded together to create formations of the natural world, showing the many beauties of life. In this dance, you're circling in a constant spin, mimicking the movement of the Sun and the passage of time.
Video examples
Robots that fly ... and...
while the robot is calculating the position of the hoop, and trying to figure out how to best go through the hoop. So as an academic, we're always trained to be able to jump through hoops to raise funding for our labs, and we get our robots to do that.
Video examples
David Brooks: The social...
And so the kids are raised in a certain way, jumping through achievement hoops of the things we can measure -- SAT prep, oboe, soccer practice. They get into competitive colleges, they get good jobs, and sometimes they make a success of themselves
Video examples
Constructing the...
there you go finding schools in World Financial Center windows are taller than a basketball hoop and weigh as much as three grand pianos add these Heights wrestling with weights like that can be
Video examples
Why good ideas get...
They’ve passed every test, cleared every hurdle, jumped through every hoop. Now, all that remains is to unleash them on the world.
Video examples
A Lethal Web PIPE National...
her life our team removed the hoop from her mouth
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Jalen Brunson
American Athlete
I just feel like there's a lot of things more important than just basketball, and I love basketball. It's what I want to do for the longest time possible. It's what I eat, it's what I sleep about, it's what I breathe, it's in my lifestyle. I just really feel like there's more important things than just putting the ball in the hoop.
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Kim Dickens
American Actress
When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories of the main characters. You have to be able to portray a lot of different elements. You show up and get on board and get on their journey; you have to be flexible as to what they need for the role.
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C. J. McCollum
American Athlete
We don't have those bougie, not-into-it, wouldn't-be-caught-dead-in-the-free-t-shirt hoops fans in Portland. We've got those pinwheel-tattooed, bleeding-red-and-black, still-rocking-that-Walton-jersey, ride-or-die, realer-than-real hoops fans in Portland. The love is real. The support is real.
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Lena Waithe
American Actress
Wearing one hoop earring and playing with the androgyny - that's who I am. That's what I like to do. And I feel the world should see that. I'm not going to put a shield up or be more feminine to make people feel comfortable.
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J. R. Smith
American Athlete
Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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Lil B
American Musician
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap, sports, music have so much of an impact on the world.
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Caris LeVert
American Basketball Player
What I can't wait to show the world when I make my NBA debut is a player who can handle, shoot, go hard to the hoop, and defend.
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Jimmy Butler
American Athlete
I just wanna hoop and be out there with my soldiers. Go to war. Try to, to the best of my abilities, help us win.
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Kit Williams
Author
She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.
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Jalen Brunson
American Athlete
I just feel like there's a lot of things more important than just basketball, and I love basketball. It's what I want to do for the longest time possible. It's what I eat, it's what I sleep about, it's what I breathe, it's in my lifestyle. I just really feel like there's more important things than just putting the ball in the hoop.
Quote examples
Kim Dickens
American Actress
When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories of the main characters. You have to be able to portray a lot of different elements. You show up and get on board and get on their journey; you have to be flexible as to what they need for the role.
Quote examples
C. J. McCollum
American Athlete
We don't have those bougie, not-into-it, wouldn't-be-caught-dead-in-the-free-t-shirt hoops fans in Portland. We've got those pinwheel-tattooed, bleeding-red-and-black, still-rocking-that-Walton-jersey, ride-or-die, realer-than-real hoops fans in Portland. The love is real. The support is real.
Quote examples
Lena Waithe
American Actress
Wearing one hoop earring and playing with the androgyny - that's who I am. That's what I like to do. And I feel the world should see that. I'm not going to put a shield up or be more feminine to make people feel comfortable.
Quote examples
J. R. Smith
American Athlete
Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
Quote examples
Lil B
American Musician
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap, sports, music have so much of an impact on the world.
Quote examples
Caris LeVert
American Basketball Player
What I can't wait to show the world when I make my NBA debut is a player who can handle, shoot, go hard to the hoop, and defend.
Quote examples
Jimmy Butler
American Athlete
I just wanna hoop and be out there with my soldiers. Go to war. Try to, to the best of my abilities, help us win.
Quote examples
Kit Williams
Author
She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.
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