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)

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)

To use a hula hoop.

Derived terms

hula hooper

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