Hoops
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noun.
The game of basketball.
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noun.
basketball
noun.
Plural form of
hoop
.
verb.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hoop
.
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noun.
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
Word Usage
"Not getting through the hoops is my bad, but lately it seems all anyone actually cares about is the hoops and not the writing."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
court game
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
professional basketball
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
coupes
drupes
dupes
groups
loops
verb-stem
hoop