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a perfect circle that somehow became basketball, hula, and a girl's worst gossip nightmare
means A circular band of metal, wood, or other material, used as a ring for a barrel, a frame for a skirt, a target for a basketball, or a toy to roll or twirl.
from From Old English 'hop,' a band encircling a cask, with cousins across the Germanic languages — Dutch 'hoep' and Old Frisian 'hop.' The word kept its simple shape for centuries, a plain circle that quietly lent itself to barrels, then skirts, then games, proving a ring can roll a long way.
- Hula record
- Over 200 hoops spun simultaneously by one person
- Original height
- Basketball rims set at 10 feet since 1891
- Crinoline danger
- Victorian hoop skirts caught fire and killed thousands
- Latin root
- Word once meant a band binding barrels
- Hoop snake
- Mythical serpent said to roll downhill biting tail
nba championship — 32 teams compete annually for the larry o'brien trophy since 1947
march madness — 68 ncaa college basketball teams in single-elimination tournament every march/april
euroleague basketball — top european professional league with teams from 12+ countries, founded 1957