hoop

the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.

Articles ranging from Chris Johnson's "For Europeans, hoops is the second-most beautiful game" for The Globe and Mail to Adam Minter's "China Is Hoops Country" for Bloomberg Opinion have detailed the rise in basketball in a wide range of countries, including the most populous ones in the world.

Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.

The stewards ordered Des Coleman, the senior hoop (jockey) present, to ride and he got the horse home in a photo-finish.

But if they want to export that, then they do have to go through several hoops that you will impose upon them.