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Noun hoop has 4 senses

hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
--₁ is a kind of court game; skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe; court game; skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
--₁ is a part of hoopskirt, crinoline
--₁ has parts:

basketball shot; rebound; tip-off, tap-off; basketball play; half

--₁ has particulars:

professional basketball; 2 of 4 senses of hoop ; hoop; farthingale; pannier; basketball, basketball game, hoops; professional basketball; 2 of 4 senses of hoop ; hoop; farthingale; pannier

hoop, ring - 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"
--₂ is a kind of band; band
--₂ is a part of wagon wheel; barrel, cask
--₂ has particulars:

carabiner, karabiner, snap ring; curtain ring; key ring; napkin ring; nose ring; rim; rim; tire, tyre; towel ring; hoop, ring; carabiner, karabiner, snap ring; curtain ring; key ring; napkin ring; nose ring; rim; rim; tire, tyre; towel ring

Derived form: verb hoop₁

wicket, hoop - a small arch used as croquet equipment
--₃ is a kind of croquet equipment; croquet equipment
basket, basketball hoop, hoop - horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball
--₄ is a kind of goal; basketball equipment; goal; basketball equipment

Verb hoop has 1 sense

hoop - bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"
--₁ is one way to gird, encircle

Derived form: noun hoop₂
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