1 a ring of wood, metal, or plastic:
Dad put up a basketball hoop in the driveway on the front of the garage.
Should we in that case be adding more hoops that have to be passed through?
Young people on that island are robbed of the opportunity for further education, or made to jump through hoops to get it.
As a single parent, she had to go through all the hoops and await a number of committee meetings before she was accepted.
He has been hedged around with many provisos, hoops and hurdles to overcome.
The first one is that it perfectly true that you can go through these hoops and get the definition that way.
As she explained to us, all the existing hoops will still have to be gone through before that can happen.
The main purpose of these hoops—a very right and proper one—is to ensure that all interested parties are made properly aware of the enforcement process.
I suspect it will put those involved through the hoops.