Definitions

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  • noun slang A basketball player.

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  • noun A basketball player

Etymologies

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hoop +‎ -ster

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Examples

  • The press office explained it all, even producing a statement from Rey Decerega, the poor hoopster who had delivered the inadvertent elbow jab.

    State Secrets John J. Miller 2011

  • The 6′5″ former NBA hoopster donned a curly wig and took his place behind a piano to play the sultry chart-topper during a sketch that aired during NBC coverage of the NFL Playoff game before the show.

    Charles Barkley Sentenced To Five Days In Jail For DUI 2010

  • A year later, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he earned a spot on the elite All-Service Team and became the "most valuable hoopster in the Marine Corps," the Baltimore Sun reported at the time.

    Labor lobbyist, college hoops star John F. 'Jack Sullivan dies Lauren Wiseman 2010

  • While most Republicans would argue that it's bad policies, not stress, that are affecting the president's functioning, the first hoopster-in-chief may just benefit from a little bit of pop psychology.

    Lauren Ashburn: Obama Diagnosis: Off His Game Lauren Ashburn 2010

  • While most Republicans would argue that it's bad policies, not stress, that are affecting the president's functioning, the first hoopster-in-chief may just benefit from a little bit of pop psychology.

    Lauren Ashburn: Obama Diagnosis: Off His Game Lauren Ashburn 2010

  • President Obama is a known hoopster, but suddenly he's being asked to go to the hoop on behalf of a grounded lacrosse team.

    Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team asks White House to honor sovereign passports 2010

  • If you've ever seen a better post-game dance-off between a redshirt freshman CAA guard and a balding Italian hoopster, you've lived a more complete life than I.

    George Mason's Italian dance-off 2010

  • Rima earned high marks from the eight judge panel — which included Olympian Johnny Weir and NBA hoopster Carmelo Anthony — when asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should.

    Doug Reinhardt Dating Miss USA Rima Fakih 2010

  • Here, for once, we have a president who is a bona fide hoopster but who prefers to go see the Wizards only when his beloved Bulls come to town.

    A King for Washington: Why LeBron James should sign with the Wizards 2010

  • While most Republicans would argue that it's bad policies, not stress, that are affecting the president's functioning, the first hoopster-in-chief may just benefit from a little bit of pop psychology.

    Lauren Ashburn: Obama Diagnosis: Off His Game Lauren Ashburn 2010

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