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:

    “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)

    “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)

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