A hula hoop is a large ring spun around the waist. Spin a hula hoop.
It is kept up by a rhythm rather than by speed, which is why children learn it faster than adults. The hula hoop craze of 1958 sold about a hundred million in a few months.
1nounhula hoopA large ring spun around the waist.
“She could keep a hula hoop going for four minutes.”
hula hoop is a toy.
From the hula dance plus hoop; the toy was a Wham-O trademark from 1958.
coined by Joan Anderson. Former trademark of Wham-O, which introduced the product in 1958.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Games & Toys