hoopy

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/ˈhuː.pi/

adjective

Shaped like a hoop.

“big hoopy earrings”

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Meanings

adjectivehoopy (comparative more hoopy, superlative most hoopy)

comparative more hoopy · superlative most hoopy

  1. colloquialShaped like a hoop.

    big hoopy earrings

nounhoopy (plural hoopies)

plural hoopies

  1. AppalachiaPennsylvaniaderogatoryA person perceived as lower class or an unskilled laborer.

    That hoopy hardly speaks English.

  2. alternativeAlternative form of hoopie (“an old, worn-out car”).

Origin

From hoop + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoopy

snoopygroupieloopypoopydroopywhoopeesoupygoopycroupygloopygroupyspoopytroopie
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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