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Meanings of hoops in anglès

portuguès
bola-ao-cesto
català
bàsquet
espanyol
baloncesto

A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop.

        bàsquet
        Sinònims
        Examples for "basketball"
        Examples for "basketball"
        1
        Sports metaphors are often used in rap music; basketball ones in particular.
        Radio NZ
        2
        I played basketball, which came easy to me at a young age.
        Ebony
        3
        African American basketball players carry the disproportionate burden of this exploitative system.
        Ebony
        4
        It was what made him good at team sports: soccer, basketball, politics.
        Leviathan Wakes
        5
        NOTES: Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo sat behind the Warriors' bench.
        Reuters
        1
        It's essentially a tracking system for every moment of a basketball game.
        Wired
        2
        He showed up for a single basketball game during my sophomore year.
        Dear John
        3
        Recently Lauren, my teenage daughter, and I went to a basketball game.
        Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
        4
        Rodman plans to organise a basketball game between American and Korean teams.
        The Guardian
        5
        I think I'll check and see if there's a basketball game on.
        First degree
        Usage of hoops in anglès
        1
        You bring enough hoops together, you're talking about a lot of weight.
        Wired
        2
        And started keeping track of how many hoops they could keep going.
        Wired
        3
        The casks they certainly will, for the sake of the iron hoops.
        Masterman Ready
        4
        Miguel grinned, and laughed until the gold hoops in his ears shook.
        The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
        5
        Charlie had attended Duke on a hoops scholarship, then UNC-Chapel Hill law.
        Devil Bones
        6
        In a few minutes, four iron hoops were taken off the cask.
        The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
        7
        The third game had a fish swimming through hoops in the ocean.
        Brain jack
        8
        Brendon appeared, pulling himself along a line of closely spaced grab hoops.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        9
        These hoops were sometimes inside and sometimes outside the bucket or dish.
        Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
        10
        One of these hoops was hung on cords just behind the stable.
        Hiding the Elephant
        11
        She stood, in her mother's hoops, for the desire of the world.
        The Old Wives' Tale
        12
        Her hoops flattened as she made her way through the narrow entrance.
        The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
        13
        Her eyes could hardly move quickly enough to watch all the hoops.
        A Little Girl in Old Boston
        14
        SARS requires significant paperwork and there are many hoops to jump through.
        The South African
        15
        Probably because he'd been hurled through so many emotional hoops just lately.
        The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
        16
        They determine what hoops an ISP must jump through to get approval.
        Wired
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        espanyol
        baloncesto
        Hoops through the time
        Hoops across language varieties
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