how to pronounce hoops

/ˈhups/

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hoops is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of hoops in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… from hoops to soups all right i'll stop …”

meanings of hoops

noun:

Plural of hoop.
Plural of Hoop.
Basketball.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoop.

hoops frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hoops occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hoops can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hoops can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;