Synonyms of hoops

Noun

1. basketball, basketball game, hoops, court game

usage: 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

Noun

1. basketball, basketball game, hoops, court game

usage: a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

2. hoop, skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe

usage: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

3. hoop, ring, band

usage: a small arch used as croquet equipment

4. wicket, hoop, croquet equipment

usage: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Verb

1. hoop, gird, encircle

usage: bind or fasten with a hoop; "hoop vats"