hooped

Shaped like rings

Hooped is the past tense of hoop, meaning fitted with hoops or shaped into a hoop: The cooper hooped the barrel.

A hooped skirt has circular supports.

In British and Australian slang, to be hooped means to be in serious trouble or ruined: If we miss this deadline, we're hooped.

circular

ring

Closed curve shape

  • loopCurve closing on itself
  • arcCurved line segment
  • bandGroup playing music together

circlet · annulus · bent · curved · rounded · coiled · arched · bowed · ringed · banded

basketball

dunk

Briefly submerge in liquid

  • layupClose-range basket attempt
  • rimCircular outer boundary
  • backboardBoard behind basket

swish · three-pointer · alley-oop · jumpshot · rebound · net · shooting · scorer · basket · dribble

enclosure

caged

Confined by bars

corralled · fenced · enclosed · bounded · contained · ringed · surrounded · netted · basketed

earrings

gold

Element seventy-nine

  • silverLustrous white precious metal
  • danglyHanging loosely, swaying
  • studsStructural wall timbers

pierced · chandelier · gemstone · pearl · diamond · turquoise · clip-on · beaded · filigree · oversized

slang-drunk

wasted

Used without good result

smashed · tanked · blitzed · loaded · tipsy · inebriated · intoxicated · legless · three-sheets

Opposites
shape/form

hoopedstraight

Not curved or crooked

flat · linear · angular · squared · uncurved

structural configuration

hoopedhoopless

Lacking a circular frame

unbanded · unringed · plain · unbound · ringless

Phrases
Family

hoop, hoops, hula hoop, hooping, hooplike

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G