noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hoop/hooped earrings (= in the shape of a large circle )
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a pair of large silver hoop earrings
hula hoop
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
earring
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Small gold hoop earrings caught the light as she turned her head.
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Tonight he wears peach-colored slacks, a matching gingham blouse, brass hoop earrings and a rhinestone stud in his nose.
■ VERB
jump
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Firms wanting to merge have therefore been expected to jump through impossibly tight hoops .
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He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jump through hoops
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They'll have to jump through a lot of hoops to prove we can trust them.
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He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops.
shoot hoops/baskets
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Let's go out and shoot a few hoops.
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I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.
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I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.
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I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy.
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She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.
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She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an embroidery hoop
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player, first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.
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He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops.
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If they win, it will be due to the chemistry whipped up in nine months of globe-trotting, boot-camp hoops.
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Small gold hoop earrings caught the light as she turned her head.
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The sleepy snakes lie wreathed around themselves or slither through the hoops of their own skin, their hanks of hemp.
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The wooden hoop supporting the foliage had almost collapsed beneath its weight.
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They chant their tables before playtime with tops, skipping ropes and hoops.