hoop
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hoop (plural hoops)
- A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- (plural) The game of basketball.
- A hoop earring.
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circular band of metal used to bind a barrel
hoop earring — see hoop earring
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to hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)
- To fasten using a hoop.
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Dutch hopen
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hoop
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- /hoːp/, /ho:p/
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cognate with hope
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hoop (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje, diminutive plural hoopjes)
- A hope, aspiration, wish
- A pile of manure, faeces
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- (hope): wanhoop
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hoop
- The first-person singular present tense of hopen.
- Ik hoop dat je dit kunt uitleggen of je moet niet hopen billenkoek te ontlopen
- I hope you can explain this or you shouldn't hope to escape a spanking
- Ik hoop dat je dit kunt uitleggen of je moet niet hopen billenkoek te ontlopen
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cognate with heap
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hoop (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje, diminutive plural hoopjes)
- A pile, heap, stack
- (figuratively) A lot, heaps
- Dat zijn weer een hoop slechte cijfers, dus je krijgt een hoop striemen!
- That's another bunch of lousy grades, so you get a load of lashes!
- Dat zijn weer een hoop slechte cijfers, dus je krijgt een hoop striemen!