A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
The hoopoe.
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.
To bind or fasten using a hoop.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
An angle bracket when used in HTML.
Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
The pitch.
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
The period during which two batsmen bat together.
The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.