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Hoop

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A hoop is a circular band with a number of uses:

  • Hoop rolling, an ancient game played with a hoop
  • Hula hoop, a usually plastic hoop designed as a toy
  • Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), a gymnastic apparatus
  • A system of such bands used to hold up a skirt, synonymous with crinoline

Hoops are also used in the popular sport "basketball" into which one shoots the ball, or refers to the sport itself in slang. See basketball for more.

See also:

  • Hoop stress, a particular type of mechanical stress
  • Hoop snake, a legendary creature of the United States


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