Synonyms for hoop
hup, hʊphoop

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hoopnoun

   a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

   Synonyms:
   basket, basketball hoop, wicket, ring

2. hoop, ringnoun

   a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

   "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

   Synonyms:
   gang, doughnut, band, mob, wicket, annulus, closed chain, tintinnabulation, ring, basket, basketball hoop, pack, halo, ringing, anchor ring

3. wicket, hoopnoun

   a small arch used as croquet equipment

   Synonyms:
   wicket door, wicket, wicket gate, lattice, ring, basket, basketball hoop, grille

4. basket, basketball hoop, hoopverb

   horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

   Synonyms:
   handbasket, wicket, field goal, basket, basketball hoop, basketful, ring

5. hoopverb

   bind or fasten with a hoop

   "hoop vats"

Matched Categories

1. • Croquet Equipment
   • Encircle
   • Skeleton

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoopnoun

   Synonyms:
   ring

2. hoopnoun

   Synonyms:
   farthingale, crinoline, hoop-skirt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hoop":

   hoppe, hobe, hope, hop, hoof, basket

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How to use hoop in a sentence?

1. Krystal Leger-Walker:

   It feels great to get shots up and see the ball fall through the hoop.

2. Julia Pollak:

   Make sure Marlo Lyons materials... are very computer readable -- they don't have fancy tables and have crazy formatting, a lot of people make mistakes by being too fancy and they stop themselves from getting through the first hoop because they don't write a resume that is readable by robots.

3. David Cox:

   The tools used to shape the staves and bind them with the hoop( haven't changed much)... It's still a hand-crafted business.

4. Tyrese Haliburton:

   The whole week’s been crazy, but what can you do ? you’ve just got to go out there and hoop.

5. Angela Presnell -LRB- @lilhoopgirl -RRB-:

   It's like the hoop is just floating in one circle while your hands are doing all the work.