Definitions for loop

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IPA: /lup/

Loop is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in loop (loop).

Definitions for loop

noun

1. a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
2. anything shaped more or less like a loop, as a line drawn on paper, a part of a letter, a part of a path, or a line of motion.
3. a curved piece or a ring of metal, wood, or the like, used for the insertion of something, as a handle, etc.
4. intrauterine device.
5. Aeronautics. a maneuver executed by an airplane in such a manner that the airplane describes a closed curve in a vertical plane.
6. a circular area at the end of a trolley line, railroad line, etc., where cars turn around.
7. an arm of a cloverleaf where traffic may turn off or onto a main road or highway.
8. Physics. the part of a vibrating string, column of air or other medium, etc., between two adjacent nodes.
9. Electricity. a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
10. Computers. the reiteration of a set of instructions in a routine or program.
11. a wire, usually of platinum, one end of which is curved to form a loop, used for transferring microorganisms from one medium to another.
12. a sand bar that encloses or nearly encloses a body of water.
13. Figure Skating. a school figure in which a skater traces a large half circle, a small oval within its arc, and another large half circle to complete the figure while remaining on the same skating edge.
14. the Loop, the main business district of Chicago.
15. a small or narrow opening, as in a wall; loophole.
16. a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.

Idioms

1. in / out of the loop, included in or excluded from a group of people who receive the latest information about something:
2. throw / knock for a loop, to astonish or upset:

verb (used with object)

1. to form into a loop.
2. to make a loop in.
3. to enfold or encircle in or with something arranged in a loop.
4. to fasten by forming into a loop, or by means of something formed into a loop (often followed by up):
5. to cause (a missile or projectile) to trace a looping or looplike trajectory through the air:
6. to fly (an airplane) in a loop or series of loops.
7. to construct a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
8. Movies. to complete by means of looping:

verb (used without object)

1. to make or form a loop:
2. to move by forming loops, as a measuringworm.
3. to trace a looping or looplike path through the air:
4. to perform a loop or series of loops in an airplane.
5. Movies. to record dialogue, sound effects, etc., onto an existing film track or soundtrack.

Origin of loop

1350-1400; Middle English loupe loop of cloth, perhaps Scots Gaelic lub loop, bend

Examples for loop

This he moulded into a loop, and mounted inside a pear-shaped bulb of glass.

When this happens, life feels like a brutal Hallmark commercial played on a loop.

Dropping the weapon from his hand it still dangled by the loop.

I can see him yet, scowling at me and whirling the loop over his head ready to throw.

The outré character is sure to throw even the most ardent fans of the Golden Globe winner for a loop.

A loop in the butt of the bull whip was about the young man's wrist.

At one end there was a thong with a loop in it, and it smelled of tiger.

The moment he was finally able to loop a knot by himself was a milestone, his first step to becoming a man.

Root for Gonzaga, and watch this David Stockton highlight on loop.

Just being able to be in the loop when something is happening, it just works.