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hoop jumper

hoop jumper noun: one who jumps through hoops.

Noun

hoop jumper (plural hoop jumpers)

  1. One who jumps through hoops.
    • Time and time again he claims he has been offered help — but only if he will jump through some hoops. You know, the social contract. But Marvin is not a hoop jumper.2004 April, Annasue McCleave Wilson, “The Man on the Porch”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 37, number 7, page 69
    • Here's what I always try to remember when I'm tempted to start jumping through hoops to make others happy: Jesus wasn't a hoop jumper. He did what he did and left it up to people to take him or leave him.2010, Mark Atteberry, Let it Go: Come Home from Your Guilt Trip
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jump, through, hoops.
    • " We can use it to start the circus! We'll do it! I'm pretty good with a knife and a sling shot! And I bet Allondra would do horseback riding! ” “ I wanna be a hoop jumper!"2022, Brian Stewart, Journey to Patmos. Donkey Ollie

Forms of hoop jumper

pluralhoop jumpers
alternative formhoop-jumper

Origin of hoop jumper

From the idiom jump through hoops.

Questions about hoop jumper

What does hoop jumper mean?
Hoop jumper means one who jumps through hoops.
What part of speech is hoop jumper?
Hoop jumper is a noun.
What is the plural of hoop jumper?
The plural of hoop jumper is hoop jumpers.

Words near hoop jumper in the dictionary

  1. hoop earrings
  2. hoop hoe
  3. hoop hoes
  4. hoop house
  5. hoop houses
  6. hoop jumper
  7. hoop jumpers
  8. hoop la
  9. hoop pine
  10. hoop pines
  11. hoop scoot tag

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