loop has definitions from the fields of transportation,physics,electronics,sexuality,computer science,sport
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[ verb ] move in loops

Examples

"The bicycle looped around the tree"

Used in print

(Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)

Ten_thousand twisty miles of shoreline frame the 30 - odd lakes in the vast Tennessee_River system that loops in and out of seven states .

Related terms

circle

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[ verb ] make a loop in, as of rope or string

Synonyms

intertwine

Used in print

(Clifford Irving, The Valley....)

Clayton looped the reins in a knot over the veranda post and patted the warm flesh of his neck .

Related terms

knit crochet noose

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[ noun ] fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

A match flared , and he reached above his head to light a lantern which hung from a wire loop .

Related terms

fastener

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[ noun ] (sexuality) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
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[ noun ] (computer science) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Related terms

program

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[ noun ] (physics,electronics) a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Synonyms

closed_circuit

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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

Synonyms

tour circuit

Examples

"they took an extended tour of Europe" "we took a quick circuit of the park" "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"

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[ verb ] fasten or join with a loop

Examples

"He looped the watch through his belt"

Related terms

tie cringle

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[ verb ] wind around something in coils or loops

Synonyms

curl coil

Related terms

uncoil wind coil coil

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[ verb ] fly loops, perform a loop

Examples

"the stunt pilot looped his plane"

Related terms

circle

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[ noun ] an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)

Examples

"he's no longer in the loop"

Related terms

clique

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[ noun ] the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

Related terms

fingerprint

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[ noun ] (sport) an edge jump that takes off and lands from the same back outside edge

Synonyms

loop_jump

Related terms

edge_jump

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[ noun ] the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop

Synonyms

loop_topology

Related terms

network_topology

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[ noun ] (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

Synonyms

iteration

Examples

"the solution took hundreds of iterations"

Related terms

process computer_science

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[ noun ] anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11675
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[ noun ] (transportation) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Synonyms

loop-the-loop

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