hoopˈ-ash noun

1. A kind of ash used for making hoops
2. The nettle-tree (genus Celtis)

hoopedˈ-pot noun

A drinking-pot with hoops to mark the amount each person should drink

hoopˈ-la interjection

Orig used at a circus when a performer jumped through a hoop

noun

1. A fairground game in which small hoops are thrown over prizes
2. Great activity, excitement or disturbance
3. Pointless activity, nuisance, nonsense (US sl)

hoopˈ-snake noun

Any of several harmless snakes, once erroneously believed to be capable of forming themselves into a hoop and rolling over the ground

go through the hoop

To suffer an ordeal, undergo punishment

jump through hoops

To go through complicated procedures in order to please or satisfy