hoops

H4O1O1P3S1
/huːps/

noun

Basketball.

“Let's shoot some hoops!”

Similar
basketballbasketball game
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Meanings

hoops1

noun
  1. pluralplural of hoop
nounhoops pl (plural only)
  1. USpluralplural onlyslangBasketball.

    Let's shoot some hoops!

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of hoop

Hoops2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Hoop

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

Similar
basketballbasketball game
Broader
court game
Also see
basketbasketball

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish koris
  • korisslang: basketball

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoops

troopsoopswhoopssupes
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Anagrams

shoophospoposho
Cite this entry
APA

hoops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoops

MLA

“hoops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoops. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoops.

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