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# hoop

«hoop» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large ring made of wood, metal or plastic. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m2)

3) (hoops, informal) The game of basketball. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/#m5)

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

### In the corpora

- [You do not hang on the basketball rim, because the hoop or you can fall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/12/)
- [He can't shoot hoops like before, and Bryce misses the old Dad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hoop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.