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hoopsticks

hoopsticks is the plural of hoopstick.

Meaning of hoopstick

Noun

hoopstick (plural hoopsticks)

  1. A light framing member for a carriage or wagon hood or roof.
    • The floor is of 2⅜-in. boards, and the roof of ⅞-in. boards covered with roofing canvas is laid on hardwood hoopsticks bolted to the steel carlines.1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 61
  2. A stick used for rolling a child's play hoop.

Questions about hoopsticks

What is hoopsticks the plural of?
Hoopsticks is the plural of hoopstick.

Words near hoopsticks in the dictionary

  1. hoopskirt
  2. hoopskirts
  3. hoopster
  4. hoopsters
  5. hoopstick
  6. hoopsticks
  7. hooptee
  8. hooptees
  9. hooptie
  10. hoopties
  11. hoopty

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