Hoop
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A hoop is a circular band with a number of uses:
- Hoop rolling, an ancient game played with a hoop
- Hula hoop, a usually plastic hoop designed as a toy
- Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), a gymnastic apparatus
- A system of such bands used to hold up a skirt, synonymous with crinoline
Hoops are also used in the popular sport "basketball" into which one shoots the ball, or refers to the sport itself in slang. See basketball for more.
[edit] See also
- Hoop stress, a particular type of mechanical stress
- Hoop snake, a legendary creature of the United States
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