hula-hoop

1. 1.

   plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips

   Broaderplaything

Questions about hula-hoop

What does hula-hoop mean?

hula-hoop means "plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips".

How many syllables are in hula-hoop?

hula-hoop has 3 syllables: hu-la--hoop. The stress falls on "hu".

Is hula-hoop a common word?

hula-hoop is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.