Hoop

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A hoop is a circular band with a number of uses:

  • As a support for a hoop skirt
  • 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.
  • Hoop Himself, oTc star and Pro skater wannabe
  • Hoop stress, a particular type of mechanical stress
  • Hoop snake, a legendary creature of the United States
  • The Term "Hoop" refers to one's rear end in Dublin slang.
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  • In croquet, a hoop on the ground through which the balls must pass