hoop

IPA(Pronunciation)

/huːp/

Noun

historical UK obsolete US in-plural metonymically plural-normally Australia broadly slang figuratively

Japanese Meaning

樽などを締め付けるための、円形の金具やリング状のもの / リング、輪、環状の物体

What is this buttons?

The cooper tightened the hoop around the barrel to prevent the staves from loosening.

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樽職人は板が緩むのを防ぐため、樽に金属のたがをきつく締めた。

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Sense（1）

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

Sense（2）

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

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

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(now chiefly historical) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.

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(UK, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

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(basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.

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(US, in the plural, metonymically) The game of basketball.

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.

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Sense（9）

A hoop earring.

Sense（10）

(sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey.

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.

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