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• a circular band of metal, wood, or similar material, especially one used for binding the staves of barrels or forming part of a framework.

Similar: ring, band, circle, circlet, loop, wheel, round, girdle, annulus,

• a horizontal band of a contrasting colour on a sports shirt or jockey's cap.

• bind or encircle with or as with hoops.

• "a man was hooping a barrel"

Origin: late Old English hōp, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoep .

• play basketball.
"he'd rather play golf or shoot hoops than work"