HOOP

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōp; akin to Middle Dutch hoep ring, ~ Date: 12th century a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything, 2. a circular figure or object ; ring , the rim of a basketball goal, a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt, basketball , ~like adjective II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to bind or fasten with or as if with a ~, ~er noun