a large rigid circle, typically made of metal, plastic, or wood, used in games, for binding barrels, or as jewellery.
The girl twirled the colourful hoop around her waist in the park.
She wore large gold hoop earrings that dangled from her ears.
✦ From Middle English hoop, from Old English hōp (“summit, point; curved object”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōp.
the circular metal ring with an attached net through which a player must throw the ball to score points in basketball.
He slammed the ball through the hoop for a spectacular dunk.
The children practiced shooting baskets at the backyard hoop.
to play the game of basketball (informal, chiefly US).
You wanna hoop after practice?
I hoop every weekend with my brothers.
