hoop /huːp $ hʊp, huːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: hop ]
1 . a large ring made of wood, metal, plastic etc
2 . a large ring that children used to play with in the past, or that ↑ circus animals are made to jump through
3 .
a) the ring that you have to throw the ball through to score points in ↑ basketball
b) hoops [plural] American English informal the game of ↑ basketball
4 . jump/go through hoops if someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do
5 . ( also hoop earrings ) an ↑ earring that is shaped like a ring
⇨ ↑ cock-a-hoop , ↑ hula hoop