hula hoop

hula hoop

See also: hula-hoop

English

Etymology

Former trademark of Wham-O, which introduced the product in 1958.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːlə ˌhuːp/

Noun

hula hoop (plural hula hoops)

1. A toy in the form of a large hoop which is twirled around various parts of the body, especially the waist.

Translations

toy in the form of a large hoop

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: օղակ (hy) (ōłak) Bulgarian: обръч (bg) m (obrǎč) Chinese: Mandarin: 呼啦圈 (zh) (hūlāquān) Czech: hula-hop m Danish: hulahopring (da) c Dutch: hoelahoep (nl) m, hoepel (nl) m Finnish: hulavanne French: hula hoop (fr) m German: Hula-Hoop-Reifen (de) m

Hungarian: hulahoppkarika Icelandic: húlahopphringur, húlahopp, húlagjörð Japanese: フラフープ Korean: 훌라후프 (ko) (hullahupeu), 돌림틀(kp) (dollimteul(kp)) Norwegian: Bokmål: rockering (no) m Nynorsk: rockering (no) m Portuguese: bambolê (pt) m Russian: ху́ла-ху́п (ru) m (xúla-xúp), о́бруч (ru) m (óbruč) Spanish: hula hoop m, hula hula m Swedish: rockring (sv) c

Verb

hula hoop (third-person singular simple present hula hoops, present participle hula hooping, simple past and past participle hula hooped)

1. To use a hula hoop.

Derived terms

• hula hooper