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Synonyms for hoop

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hoop, hoo p
Phonetic Transcription : hup, hʊp


Définition of hoop

Origin :
  • late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hopa-, a Low German-Frisian word (cf. 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.
  • noun ring
  • noun basketball goal
Example sentences :
  • Nor did her hips want the assistance of a hoop to extend them.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • Put it into your hoop, and leave it in the oven an hour and a quarter.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • The Iroquois had shields of hide stretched on hoop for defensive armor.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • The blacksmith was swinging along the road, with a hoop over his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • I have a little dog, and he will beg, and he will jump through a hoop.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 » by Various
  • At the back of the hoop is a chain about twelve inches long.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • It is nine inches in height, and six inches and three-quarters across the hoop.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • I know it; he struck it out when gnawing at the hoop of a barrel.
  • Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.
  • I did not buy a hoop, because it would fill up my trunk too much.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott

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