hula hoop

See also: hula-hoop

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːlə ˌhuːp/

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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: هولا هوب (hūla hūb)

  Hijazi Arabic: هولاهوپ (hūla hūp)

• Armenian: օղակ (hy) (ōġak)
• 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, húlahringur m
• Japanese: フラフープ
• Korean: 훌라후프 (ko) (hullahupeu), 돌림틀(kp) (dollimteul(kp))
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rockering (no) m

  Nynorsk: rockering (no) m

• Polish: hula-hop n
• Portuguese: bambolê (pt) m (Brazil), arco (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: ху́ла-ху́п (ru) m (xúla-xúp), о́бруч (ru) m (óbruč)
• Spanish: hula-hoop m, hula-hula (es) m, hulahúla (es) m
• Swedish: rockring (sv) c
• Turkish: hulahup, hulahop
• Ukrainian: о́бруч m (óbruč)

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

Translations

to use a hula hoop

• Hungarian: hulahoppozik, hulahoppkarikázik