hoopman

hoop·man

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hoop-muh n, hoo p-]
- /ˈhup mən, ˈhʊp-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hoop-muh n, hoo p-]
- /ˈhup mən, ˈhʊp-/

Definition of hoopman word

noun plural hoopman a basketball player. 1

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Origin of hoopman

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

1680-90 for sense “acrobat”; hoop + -man

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Parts of speech for Hoopman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hoopman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.