hoop-jumper

plural hoop-jumpers

1. alternativeAlternative form of hoop jumper.

   She laughs and says, “I'm a champion hoop-jumper,” referring to her success in working within the church, various certification agencies and health care organizations.

   2016, Claire Cole Curcio, Voices of Women of the Cloth

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   So, hoop-jumper that I was, I wrote the following: “This will eventually be part of a longer piece that will explore the Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge in Tallahassee, Florida, which is a group of local people in training to be mediums and spirituals ^([sic]) healers.

   2010, Charles Lowe, Pavel Zemliansky, Writing Spaces, page 192

   Also, I know that confidence overflows into making me less motivated to be a hoop-jumper and more dedicated to being an effective and caring teacher looking to find that wiggle room to execute meaningful instruction and to execute change where it's needed.

   2014, James Henderson, Reconceptualizing Curriculum Development, page 153

   On the other hand, law can be an irresistible temptation to the hoop-jumper who sees mere fulfillment of a set of precepts as sufficient to ensure that one is a good person who has done the right thing.

   2016, Frederick C. Bauerschmidt, James J. Buckley, Catholic Theology, page 342