Meaning of "hoop" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOOP

Old English hōp; related to Dutch hoep, Old Norse hōp bay, Lithuanian kabẽ hook.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HOOP

hoop  [huːp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOP

Hoop is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hoop in English.

WHAT DOES HOOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hoop

Hoop may refer to: ▪ A hoop is the metal ring on a barrel ▪ Hoop is one apparatus in Rhythmic Gymnastics ▪ Hoop, an American basketball magazine ▪ "Hoops", a 1996 song by Ruby ▪ Hoops, a 1989 basketball video game ▪ Hooping, a modern subculture revolving around hoopdance ▪ Basketball, also referred to as Hoops ▪ Celtic F.C., nicknamed the Hoops ▪ Shamrock Rovers F.C., nicknamed the Hoops ▪ Queens Park Rangers, nicknamed the Hoops ▪ Shamrock Rovers Hoops, an Irish basketball club ▪ HOOPS 3D Graphics System, a 3D Graphics API, part of The HOOPS 3D Application Framework ▪ Sphincter, a colloquial term for the anatomical structure, a circular muscle...

Definition of hoop in the English dictionary

The first definition of hoop in the dictionary is a rigid circular band of metal or wood. Other definition of hoop is something resembling this. Hoop is also a band of iron that holds the staves of a barrel or cask together.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOOP

PRESENT

Present

I hoop

you hoop

he/she/it hoops

we hoop

you hoop

they hoop

Present continuous

I am hooping

you are hooping

he/she/it is hooping

we are hooping

you are hooping

they are hooping

Present perfect

I have hooped

you have hooped

he/she/it has hooped

we have hooped

you have hooped

they have hooped

Present perfect continuous

I have been hooping

you have been hooping

he/she/it has been hooping

we have been hooping

you have been hooping

they have been hooping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I hooped

you hooped

he/she/it hooped

we hooped

you hooped

they hooped

Past continuous

I was hooping

you were hooping

he/she/it was hooping

we were hooping

you were hooping

they were hooping

Past perfect

I had hooped

you had hooped

he/she/it had hooped

we had hooped

you had hooped

they had hooped

Past perfect continuous

I had been hooping

you had been hooping

he/she/it had been hooping

we had been hooping

you had been hooping

they had been hooping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hoop

you will hoop

he/she/it will hoop

we will hoop

you will hoop

they will hoop

Future continuous

I will be hooping

you will be hooping

he/she/it will be hooping

we will be hooping

you will be hooping

they will be hooping

Future perfect

I will have hooped

you will have hooped

he/she/it will have hooped

we will have hooped

you will have hooped

they will have hooped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been hooping

you will have been hooping

he/she/it will have been hooping

we will have been hooping

you will have been hooping

they will have been hooping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hoop

you would hoop

he/she/it would hoop

we would hoop

you would hoop

they would hoop

Conditional continuous

I would be hooping

you would be hooping

he/she/it would be hooping

we would be hooping

you would be hooping

they would be hooping

Conditional perfect

I would have hoop

you would have hoop

he/she/it would have hoop

we would have hoop

you would have hoop

they would have hoop

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been hooping

you would have been hooping

he/she/it would have been hooping

we would have been hooping

you would have been hooping

they would have been hooping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hoop
we let´s hoop
you hoop

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hoop

Past participle

hooped

Present Participle

hooping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HOOP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hoop» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of hoop

band · circlet · girdle · loop · ring · round · wheel

TRANSLATION OF HOOP

Find out the translation of hoop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hoop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoop» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 环
• Translator English - Spanish: aro
• English: hoop
• Translator English - Hindi: घेरा
• Translator English - Arabic: طارة
• Translator English - Russian: обруч
• Translator English - Portuguese: arco
• Translator English - Bengali: Hoon
• Translator English - French: cerceau
• Translator English - Malay: Hoon
• Translator English - German: Reifen
• Translator English - Japanese: 輪
• Translator English - Korean: 둥근 고리
• Translator English - Javanese: Hoon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khâu sắt
• Translator English - Tamil: ஹூன்
• Translator English - Marathi: हुून
• Translator English - Turkish: kaba herif
• Translator English - Italian: cerchio
• Translator English - Polish: obręcz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обруч
• Translator English - Romanian: hoop
• Translator English - Greek: στεφάνι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Hoop
• Translator English - Swedish: hoop
• Translator English - Norwegian: bøyle

10 QUOTES WITH «HOOP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hoop.

1

Chris A. Bridges

Obviously, you've never seen a woman skydiving in a hoop skirt.

2

Les Brown

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

3

Thomas Bulfinch

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

4

Black Elk

And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.

5

Black Elk

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

6

Jimmy Fallon

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

7

Nelly Furtado

I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.

8

Derek Jacobi

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop.

9

Jack Levine

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

10

Kevin Love

My dad put up a great hoop in our front yard in our driveway. I was in Oregon, so I had to be out there in the rain. We didn't always have a gym to go to.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOP»

Discover the use of hoop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hoop Kings

A collection of twelve poems that celebrate contemporary basketball stars, including Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, and Kobe Bryant.

Charles R. Smith, 2004

Hoop Dreams: True Story of Hardship and Triumph, The

Now journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness and subtlety of their stories, and the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships.

Ben Joravsky, 1996

Hoop Roots

The author recalls his experiences playing basketball with whites and African Americans in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, describing how African Americans slowly but surely changed the nature of the sport.

John Edgar Wideman, 2002

The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian ...

This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition.

Paula Gunn Allen, 1986

Hoop City

Talented basketball player Tony Hope is looking forward to attending college with his brother, Mike, and a future in the NBA, but everything changes in just fifteen hours.

Scott Blumenthal, Brett Hodus, 2002

Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and ...

In Living Through the Hoop, Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story of the hopes and struggles of one high school basketball team.

Reuben A. Buford May, 2007

Jake Maddox: Hoop Hotshot

Joe, thinking of himself as a hotshot basketball player, focuses mainly on trying to wow the crowd, but at tryouts for the freshman team, Joe is quickly cut, and it is up to him to prove he has what it takes to stay in the game.

Jake Maddox, 2009

Hoop Queen

Kylie Jean is usually good at everything she tries. So how come learning to play basketball is so hard?

Blake A. Hoena, 2011

Hoop Rat

"Trey, the Spartans' team captain, becomes fast friends with Griffin, the newest member of their squad.

Scott Ciencin, 2011

Hoop Lore: A History of the National Basketball Association

This work covers 115 years of basketball, detailing how and why the NBA was able to overcome so many of the obstacles that crushed its predecessors to become the most successfully marketed league in all of professional sports.

Connie Kirchberg, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoop is used in the context of the following news items.

Get your hips into Hula-hoop workout with Lori Patterson | FOX2now …

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- Lori Patterson is back with a new Bootcamp Challenge for Kim: keep the hula hoop from hitting the ground. Any kind of ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»

Hula Hoop Fitness | FOX40

Hula hooping is the newest fitness craze to get you into shape. Check out weather man Darren Peck try his hardest to keep the hula hoop up ... «FOX40, Jul 15»

Microsoft's Hoop by Coloud Headphones for Lumia Smartphones on …

Some of you might not remember, but Microsoft launched some Hoop by Coloud headphones for Lumia smartphones in late March. «Softpedia News, Jul 15»

Amazing trick shot involves two flips, two basketballs and one hoop

Nailing a shot from 60 feet is pretty impressive, nailing two at the same time while flipping on a trampoline is unthinkable, unless you are Kevin ... «SI.com, Jul 15»

Bucks arena deal passes the Senate - Brew Hoop

After learning yesterady that the Bucks arena proposal would be coming to a vote sometime today, people have been anxiously waiting to hear ... «Brew Hoop, Jul 15»

Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis beams as she shakes her hula …

Rumer Willis is a hula-hoop queen. Rumer Willis showed us her hip-shaking moves as she hula-hooped in New York. The star, who is the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Become the Hoop!

Zoom into this Pic Now! Simply hover over the image. Become the Hoop! ... Become the Hoop! Jimmy Fallon and LeBron James played an ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»

Hoop and Holler: El Dorado Picnic celebrates 134 years …

Food, fun, music and laughter are all part of the annual El Dorado Springs Picnic Wednesday-Saturday, July 16-18, in the city park. «Cedar County Republican, Jul 15»

Grassroots hoop tourney grows at PS 16 | SILive.com

It started with a guy going past the schoolyard down the block from his house. He noticed the basketball court was cracked and in need of ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»

Mueller named Jefferson girls' hoop coach - Daily Jefferson County …

JEFFERSON — Nick Mueller didn't take the Jefferson High School girls' basketball position to help rebuild a program. No, he truly believes the ... «Daily Union, Jul 15»