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# hoop

noun (a hoop, hoops); verb (hoop — rare)

«hoop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m1)
2. The ring and net that you throw the ball through in basketball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m2)
3. (hoops, informal) The game of basketball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m3)
4. A hula hoop, a plastic ring you spin around your waist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m4)
5. (jump through hoops) To do many hard or boring tasks to get something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m5)

### In the lessons

In PE and play: hula hoops, throwing beanbags into hoops, jumping through hoops in races; basketball hoops. In maths a hoop is a circle shape. In Venn diagrams on the floor, teachers use hoops to sort objects. Phrases: «shoot hoops», «hula hoop», «jump through hoops».

### Examples

- She can spin the hula hoop for five minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x1)
- He threw the ball through the hoop and scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x2)
- Let's go and shoot some hoops after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x3)
- We sorted the shapes into two hoops on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x4)
- The circus dog jumped through a hoop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x5)
- Wear big hoop earrings for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x6)
- We had to jump through hoops to get the tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x7)
- One of the hoops will snap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Do not confuse with «whoop» (a loud shout of joy), which can sound similar. A hoop is a ring, so its shape is a circle.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hoop.html) on Mova free.