R vs hoop

R

noun
  • rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name 

  • the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”)) 

  • rook 

  • Thursday 

  • Republican 

  • ring 

  • runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player 

  • radius 

character
  • The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. 

name
  • In the context of the documentary hypothesis, the Redactor(s) who compiled and edited the Torah. 

adj
  • right (as opposed to left) 

  • reverse 

  • restricted 

hoop

noun
  • The hoopoe. 

  • A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. 

  • A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. 

  • A horizontal stripe on the jersey. 

  • A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) 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. 

  • The game of basketball. 

  • The rim part of a basketball net. 

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

  • A jockey. 

  • A hoop earring. 

  • An obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed. 

  • A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. 

verb
  • To bind or fasten using a hoop. 

  • To clasp; to encircle; to surround. 

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