Hoops

Hoop may refer to:

  • A hoop is the metal ring on a barrel
  • Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics) is one apparatus in Rhythmic Gymnastics
  • Hoop (magazine), an American basketball magazine
  • "Hoops" (song), a 1996 song by Ruby
  • Hoops (video game), a 1989 basketball video game
  • Hooping, a modern subculture revolving around hoopdance
  • Basketball, also referred to as Hoops
  • Celtic F.C., nicknamed the Hoops
  • Shamrock Rovers F.C., nicknamed the Hoops
  • Queens Park Rangers, nicknamed the Hoops
  • Shamrock Rovers Hoops, an Irish basketball club
  • HOOPS 3D Graphics System, a 3D Graphics API, part of The HOOPS 3D Application Framework
  • Sphincter, a colloquial term for the anatomical structure, a circular muscle

Famous quotes containing the word hoops:

    Since to the awe of thy imperious wit
    Our troublesome language bends, made only fit
    With her tough thick-ribbed hoops to gird about
    Thy giant fancy, which had proved too stout
    For their soft melting phrases.
    Thomas Carew (1589–1639)

    I have seen her smooth as a cheek.
    I have seen her easy,
    doing her business,
    lapping in.
    I have seen her rolling her hoops of blue.
    I have seen her tear the land off.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.
    Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)