hoop
pronunciation
How to pronounce hoop in British English:
UK [huːp]
How to pronounce hoop in American English:
US [huːp]
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- Noun:
- a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a small arch used as croquet equipment
- horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
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- Verb:
- bind or fasten with a hoop
Word Origin
- hoop (n.)
- late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is attested from 1711. As a surname, Hooper, literally "maker of hoops" is early 13c.
Example
- 1. 100 Days to throw belly shaking hula hoop .
- 2. Grab the top of the hoop with both hands and use it as a jump rope !
- 3. Can you lose weight with hula hoop .
- 4. I play hula hoop in the park .
- 5. Proposed shake the hula hoop , belly fat get sedation .