hoops

noun

plural of hoop
as in loops
a circular strip made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper

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Recent Examples of hoops Fingall was a four-year contributor at Stanford before graduating in 2020 and embarking on a career in international hoops. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 Choose from a mix of Sterling Forever's classics, like tennis bracelets and necklaces, pendant styles, studs, hoops and more accented with beautiful colors. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Thankfully, smart hula hoops eliminate that barrier to entry. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Kate wore a plunging blazer as a dress, pairing the double-breasted piece with a chainlink necklace, chunky gold hoops, and oversized frames. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 These include taking a walk, venting to a friend or shooting hoops. — Jessica Griffin, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 Some cards earn slightly higher rewards, but there are hoops to jump through. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Folks, there’s been hoops, there’s been hurdles, there’s been Kafkaesque bureaucracy. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 On Friday, the United College Athletes Association announced that more than 100 women’s college hoops players have joined the organization as part of a campaign to unionize the women’s game. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoops
  1. loops
  2. rings
  3. bands
  4. circles
  5. belts
Noun
  • Those high-spending developers are generally working on Greenfield projects, where AI coding agents have clean feedback loops and iterate on bug fixes and new functionality.
    — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Special attention was paid to preserving the signature details of the 501, like the nearly five-foot back pocket, oversized back patch and belt loops.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • The city also sees many Balkan influences as well such as koulouri (sesame bread rings) which are sold on almost every street corner and warm bougatsa (traditional breakfast dessert) filled with semolina custard.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • It’s all meant to defeat the crime rings that are often armed with nothing more than hydraulic bolt cutters, preying on railroads as a reliable source of easy-to-steal merchandise.
    — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • But despite this budding success, ZZ Top seemed to confound the rock press, who tended to dismiss them or lump them in with other Southern rock bands.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
  • All three children were fatally strangled with exercise bands.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bands
Noun
  • How to choose a concealer for dark circles The heavy-duty concealer that covers your angriest breakouts might not be the best choice for the delicate skin under your eyes.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As her work developed in the ’70s and ’80s, Heilmann began transforming personal references like music, waves, California highways, and other symbols into more simple visual forms like circles, squares, and stripes.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of circles
Noun
  • Ricochet says the current Trios Champions stole the belts from them and demands a rematch before telling Strickland to leave the arena.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Many of those joining the Knights for the first time had previous playing time under their belts, with 14 transfers being upperclassmen.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of belts

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