Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling a hoop.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

hoop +‎ -like

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hooplike.

Examples

  • She created tall, hooplike handles, with shapes that twist like roller coasters, and wide rims.

    Basket maker Mary Jackson among artists included in African Art Museum show 2010

  • They both wore a minimum of finery, thick chains of gold with large rings crisscrossed over their backs and around their stomachs and necks; the chains had large, hooplike rings to make it easier to string in a tether if one was needed during the fight.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • They both wore a minimum of finery, thick chains of gold with large rings crisscrossed over their backs and around their stomachs and necks; the chains had large, hooplike rings to make it easier to string in a tether if one was needed during the fight.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • They both wore a minimum of finery, thick chains of gold with large rings crisscrossed over their backs and around their stomachs and necks; the chains had large, hooplike rings to make it easier to string in a tether if one was needed during the fight.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • They should have well-rounded hooplike "crowns" (23) with alternate rows of nails of wood and iron woven into the coil.

    The Sportsman 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • A remotely triggered bow net, a hooplike device with a spring mechanism, lay on the ground.

    NYT > Home Page By SANDRA J. BLAKESLEE 2010

  • A remotely triggered bow net, a hooplike device with a spring mechanism, lay on the ground.

    NYT > Home Page By SANDRA J. BLAKESLEE 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.