Hoops Synonyms

A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. basketball
  2. nets
  3. basketball game
  4. rims
A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bands
  2. circles
  3. baskets
  4. rings
  5. clasps
  6. circumferences
  7. loops

Hoops Sentence Examples

  • Puddling furnaces are usually entirely cased with iron plates, and blast furnaces with hoops round each course of the stack, or in those of thinner constructions the firebrick work is entirely enclosed in a wrought iron casing or jacket.

  • First of all there are always all sorts of bureaucratic hoops to jump through the first day.

  • Jump through hoops to earn 5 quid an hour.

  • A full range of accessories includes rotary cutters and mats, cotton batting, templates, hoops, patterns and buttons.

  • The object was to go round nine hoops, using golf croquet rules.

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