Definitions for looping

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looping loop·ing

Spelling: [loo-ping]

IPA: /ˈlu pɪŋ/

Looping is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in looping (gilnoop).

Definitions for looping

noun

1. the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.
2. a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
3. 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.
4. a curved piece or a ring of metal, wood, or the like, used for the insertion of something, as a handle, etc.
5. intrauterine device.
6. Aeronautics. a maneuver executed by an airplane in such a manner that the airplane describes a closed curve in a vertical plane.
7. a circular area at the end of a trolley line, railroad line, etc., where cars turn around.
8. an arm of a cloverleaf where traffic may turn off or onto a main road or highway.
9. Physics. the part of a vibrating string, column of air or other medium, etc., between two adjacent nodes.
10. Electricity. a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
11. Computers. the reiteration of a set of instructions in a routine or program.
12. a wire, usually of platinum, one end of which is curved to form a loop, used for transferring microorganisms from one medium to another.
13. a sand bar that encloses or nearly encloses a body of water.
14. 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.
15. the Loop, the main business district of Chicago.

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 looping

1475-85 for an earlier sense; loop¹ + -ing¹

Examples for looping

They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.

Fantastic use has often been made of the looping of couched cord.

But when we reach the mountain, we see only a denuded plateau of looping ring roads and gray rubble.

As they approached, looping a rope around its neck, the camel took off, dragging the pair with it.

The little, looping movie shows five young women cycling through a park in Berlin, and filming each other as they do so.

Gradually his looping whirls had carried him toward the east.

In this he makes stop, and secures the horse, by looping the bridle around a branch.

Then she held it up, and, looping it around her throat, looked in the mirror.

And usually when you're looping a movie, if it takes two days, that's a lot.

"looping the lamp-post" is also quite an achievement in skating.