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hoops

/huːps/noun1 syllable

Hoops means: 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.

Synonyms for hoops2

noun, as in 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

basketball, basketball game

What does hoops mean?1

noun

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hoops?7

one syllable

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Hoops in a sentence

  • Let's go to the gym and shoot some hoops.CK
  • You had me jumping through hoops just to keep up.unknown
  • Dangly earrings complemented her round face better than hoops would have.casaniere
  • There were a lot of hoops we had to jump through.CK
  • I'd jump through hoops for you.Zifre
  • I shoot hoops every now and then.CM
  • We used to shoot hoops together.CM
  • Fadil made Layla jump through hoops.OsoHombre

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