1a large ring of plastic, wood or irona barrel bound with iron hoopshoop earrings (= in the shape of a hoop )2the ring that the players throw the ball through in the game of basketball in order to score pointsLet's shoot some hoops.3a large ring that was used as a children's toy in the past, or for animals or riders to jump through at a circus4 = hula hoop5a small arch made of metal or plastic, put into the groundcroquet hoopsGrow lettuces under plastic stretched over wire hoops.
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