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 (15891639)
“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 (19281974)
“All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)