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hula-hoop

hula-hoop

6 2.2
A large plastic ring you spin around your waist for play or exercise
  • noun
  • /ˈhuːləˌhuːp/
translation icon : hula-hoop
  • She practiced her tricks with a colorful hula-hoop in the park.
  • twirling a hula-hoop
  • hula-hoop dancing
  • exercising with a hula-hoop

You could take your fucking makeup tutorials and had a hula hoop and your ASMR and shove it up your ASMR.

Examples

  • Duffy's sold kaleidoscopes, hula hoops, 3-D glasses, baseball cards, cheap crystal goblets, and Christmas lights filled with bubbling water.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Activities could include 3-legged races, water balloon toss, hula hoop contest, watermelon seed-spitting contests, and more.

    Blog text (1)
  • I want to get a hula hoop.

    Blog text (25)
  • She had the kind of hips you wanted to put a hula hoop on and spin.

  • Hula hoops and skip ropes are also introduced to promote physical activity, and songs are taught that promote healthy eating.

    Academic text (2012)
  • As you can see, Justine is being filmed showcasing her hula hoop skills.

  • When they got out, they were in front of a store with black mannequins wearing pillbox hats and mannequins painted bright green standing inside piles of hula hoops.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Children love to play with a hula-hoop during recess at school.

  • At the festival, there was a contest to see who could keep a hula-hoop spinning the longest.

Synonyms

hoop
vshula-hoop
45 1.5

A stiff round band used to hold or hang objects

is a lightweight plastic ring swung for play or exercise around the body

How Big

hula-hoop
6 2.2
hoop
45 1.5
bracelet
234 1.0
ring
1.0

Surface Forms

hula-hoop singular
hula-hoops plural

Morphology

hula-hoop = hula + hoop (transparent) = hula + hoop

The toy's name is a direct compound of 'hula' (the dance/movement) and 'hoop' (a ring), so the meaning is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Hula-hoop comes from the Hawaiian word hula ('dance') and the English word hoop ('ring'), because when you spin the toy your hips move like in a hula dance. So a hula-hoop is a ring you spin or swing around your waist or body.