basketball hoop
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl huːp/
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- During the game, he aimed carefully before making a perfect shot into the basketball hoop.
- basketball hoop in the driveway
- net of the basketball hoop
- put up a basketball hoop
The owl would come and sit on a basketball hoop and it would just perch there and it would move its head all around.
- The owl would come and sit on a basketball hoop and it would just perch there and it would move its head all around.
- All this other stuff I got like you gotta mini basketball hoop crucial to have in the studio.
- That's that's all like any nigger that's like got a basketball hoop and they working at Verizon now.
- You would go to you would go to set and like there's a basketball hoop there.
Examples
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Man , we need to put up a basketball hoop out back.
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A couple of years ago, it was my son's basketball hoop that we put in the driveway.
Blog text (25) -
The last time I visited, it looked like any other place, with basketball hoops and swing sets in the backyards.
Fiction book (2002) -
Molly was surprised to see through the opening a running track and, in the distance, picnic tables and basketball hoops.
Fiction book (1995) -
The park had everything from basketball hoops to disc golf baskets, which were very essential.
Blog text (14) -
He is tossing a NERF ball through a basketball hoop mounted on the wall as Dulaney enters.
Fiction book (1993) -
It features ultimate superstar Brodie Smith and me performing outrageous throws into basketball hoops and disc golf baskets.
Blog text (14) -
In their first visit to each school, observers mapped the playground, using a standardized instrument to systematically document its shape, dimensions, and permanent physical improvements (e.g., basketball hoops, soccer goals).
Academic text (2013) -
In the backyard, the kids took turns shooting at the basketball hoop that their parents had installed.
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She practiced her free throws at the basketball hoop after school every day.
Synonyms
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1.7
A metal ring with a net that players throw a basketball through
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1.1
A metal hoop with a net that players try to throw the ball through
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2.4
A metal hoop holding the net that a basketball must go through to score
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'basketball' specifies the sport and 'hoop' names the circular rim, so together they denote the hoop used for basketball. This straightforward noun+noun modification follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Basketball hoop may come from the very first games, when James Naismith used real peach baskets hung on a wall to catch the ball, so players had to throw the ball into a basket. That's why today a basketball hoop means the ring and net you try to throw the ball through to 'score a point'.