noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of hoop form-of, plural
2. 2
   Basketball. US, plural, plural-only, slang

   "Let's shoot some hoops!"

3. 3
   plural of Hoop form-of, plural
4. 4
   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 wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of hoop form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

basketbasketballbasketballbasketball game

Example

More examples

"I'd jump through hoops for you."

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