[hoop] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hop; akin to MD hoep ring, hoop] (12c) 1: a circular strip used esp. for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything
2. a: a circular figure or object: ring b: the rim of a basketball goal; broadly: the entire goal
3: a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt
4: basketball--usu. used in pl. -- hoop.like adj
[2]hoop vt (15c): to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop -- hoop.er n