hoop

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ho͞op, IPA(key): /huːp/ Rhymes: -uːp enPR: ho͝op, IPA(key): /hʊp/ (US regional) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp. ==== Noun ==== hoop (countable and uncountable, plural hoops) A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. Any circular band or ring. Coordinate term: tyre A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. (now chiefly historical) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt. A quart-pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops. (UK, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. (basketball) The rim part of a basketball net. (US, in the plural, metonymic) The game of basketball. A hoop earring. (sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey. 2003 May 21, Barry Glendenning "Minute-by-minute: Celtic 2 - 3 FC Porto (AET)" The Guardian (London): Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks. (Australia, metonymic, slang, by extension) A jockey. (figurative, usually in the plural) An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed. (uncountable) Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop). (cricket, slang, uncountable) A significant amount of swing from the bowler. (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus. (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a hoop. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped) (transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop. (transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround. (intransitive, slang) To play basketball. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Noun ==== hoop (plural hoops) A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. (archaic) The hoopoe. ==== Verb ==== hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped) (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough. ===== Derived terms ===== hooping cough hooper === References === === Further reading === hoop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Pooh, ooph, phoo, pooh == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦʊə̯p/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz. ==== Noun ==== hoop (plural hope, diminutive hopie) heap ===== Derived terms ===== ophoop === Etymology 2 === From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa. ==== Noun ==== hoop (uncountable) hope === Etymology 3 === From Dutch hopen, from Middle Dutch hōpen, from Old Dutch hopon, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. ==== Verb ==== hoop (present hoop, present participle hopende, past participle gehoop) to hope == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦoːp/ Hyphenation: hoop Rhymes: -oːp === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa, from the verb hopon (modern Dutch hopen). Cognate with English hope. ==== Noun ==== hoop f (uncountable, no diminutive) a hope, aspiration, wish ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “hope”): wanhoop ===== Derived terms ===== hopeloos hoopgevend hoopvol ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: hoop ==== Verb ==== hoop inflection of hopen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz. ==== Noun ==== hoop m (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje n) a pile, heap, stack Synonyms: berg, stapel (figuratively) a lot, heaps a pile of manure, faeces a mass Synonym: massa a multitude, a throng Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare (obsolete) a unit of soldiers, a contingent ===== Synonyms ===== berg massa stapel ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: hoop Negerhollands: hoop, hoopje → Papiamentu: hoopi (from the diminutive) == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *hōp, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz. === Noun === hôop m heap, pile group of people or animals, troop, herd meeting ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hôpen ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: hoop Limburgish: houp === Further reading === “hoop”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hoop (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == West Frisian == === Etymology === See hoopje (“to hope”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoːp/ === Noun === hoop n (no plural) hope ==== Alternative forms ==== hope ==== Further reading ==== “hoop”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011