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Main Entry:: ¹hoop
Pronunciation:: \ˈhüp also ˈhu̇p\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old English hōp; akin to Middle Dutch hoep ring, hoop
Date:: 12th century

1: a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything2 a: a circular figure or object : ring b: the rim of a basketball goal ; broadly : the entire goal3: a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt4: basketball —usually used in plural

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\-ˌlīk\ adjective

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