What is the meaning of Hoop?

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

Any circular band or ring.

A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.

A quart-pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.

An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

The rim part of a basketball net.

The game of basketball.

A hoop earring.

A horizontal stripe on the jersey.

A jockey.

An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.

Hooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).

To bind or fasten using a hoop.

To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

To play basketball.

A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.

The hoopoe.

To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.

To whoop, as in whooping cough.

heap

hope

to hope

a hope, aspiration, wish

inflection of hopen:

  1. first-person singular present indicative
  2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
  3. imperative

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

imperative

a pile, heap, stack

a lot, heaps

a pile of manure, faeces

a mass

a multitude, a throng

a unit of soldiers, a contingent

heap, pile

group of people or animals, troop, herd

meeting

hope

Source: wiktionary.org