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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024looped (lo̅o̅pt),USA pronunciation adj. - having or consisting of loops;
loopy. - Slang Terms
- drunk;
inebriated. - eccentric;
loopy. - enthusiastic;
keen:These days he's looped on rodeos.
- loop1 + -ed2, -ed3 1930–35
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loop1 /lup/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- anything shaped more or less like a loop.
- Medicineintrauterine device.
- Computingthe repeating of a set of instructions in a computer routine or program.
- Informal Terms the loop, a group or network of people who have inside information or who are influential or powerful;
inner circle:He was kept out of the loop on policy decisions.
v. - to form into a loop:[~ + object]looping his shoelaces.
- to make or form a loop: [no object]The river loops around the two counties.[~ + object]The pilot looped her plane.
Idioms- Idioms throw or knock (someone) for a loop, to overwhelm with surprise or confusion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loop1 (lo̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. - a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- 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.
- a curved piece or a ring of metal, wood, or the like, used for the insertion of something, as a handle, etc.
- MedicineSee intrauterine device.
- Aeronauticsa maneuver executed by an airplane in such a manner that the airplane describes a closed curve in a vertical plane.
- Rail Transporta circular area at the end of a trolley line, railroad line, etc., where cars turn around.
- Transportan arm of a cloverleaf where traffic may turn off or onto a main road or highway.
- Physicsthe part of a vibrating string, column of air or other medium, etc., between two adjacent nodes.
- Electricitya closed electric or magnetic circuit.
- Computingthe reiteration of a set of instructions in a routine or program.
- a wire, usually of platinum, one end of which is curved to form a loop, used for transferring microorganisms from one medium to another.
- a sand bar that encloses or nearly encloses a body of water.
- Sport[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.
- the loop, a group or network of insiders or influential people;
inner circle:to be out of the loop on policy decisions. - Place Names the Loop, the main business district of Chicago.
- Idioms throw or knock for a loop, to astonish or upset:Her quitting the project really threw me for a loop.
v.t. - to form into a loop.
- to make a loop in.
- to enfold or encircle in or with something arranged in a loop.
- to fasten by forming into a loop, or by means of something formed into a loop (often fol. by up):to loop up the new draperies.
- to cause (a missile or projectile) to trace a looping or looplike trajectory through the air:to loop a grenade into the building.
- Aeronauticsto fly (an airplane) in a loop or series of loops.
- Electricityto construct a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
- Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]to complete by means of looping:We still have to loop the final scenes.
v.i. - to make or form a loop:The river loops around the two counties.
- to move by forming loops, as a measuringworm.
- to trace a looping or looplike path through the air:The fly ball looped high in the air.
- Aeronauticsto perform a loop or series of loops in an airplane.
- Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]to record dialogue, sound effects, etc., onto an existing film track or soundtrack.
- Scots Gaelic lub loop, bend
- Middle English loupe loop of cloth, perh. 1350–1400
- a small or narrow opening, as in a wall;
loophole.
- 1300–50; Middle English loupe window; compare Middle Dutch lūpen peep, peer
- a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- French loupe, special use of loupe wen, knob, gnarl Gmc. See loupe
- 1665–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loop /luːp/ n - the round or oval shape formed by a line, string, etc, that curves around to cross itself
- any round or oval-shaped thing that is closed or nearly closed
- a piece of material, such as string, curved round and fastened to form a ring or handle for carrying by
- an intrauterine contraceptive device in the shape of a loop
- a closed electric or magnetic circuit through which a signal can circulate
- a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft flies one complete circle in the vertical plane
- Also called: loop line chiefly Brit a railway branch line which leaves the main line and rejoins it after a short distance
- a closed curve on a graph: hysteresis loop
- the most common basic pattern of the human fingerprint, formed by several sharply rising U-shaped ridges
Compare arch1 - a bend in a tubular structure, such as the U-shaped curve in a kidney tubule (Henle's loop or loop of Henle)
- a series of instructions in a program, performed repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a jump in which the skater takes off from a back outside edge, makes one, two, or three turns in the air, and lands on the same back outside edge
- a group of people to whom information is circulated (esp in the phrases in or out of the loop)
vb - (transitive) to make a loop in or of (a line, string, etc)
- (transitive) to fasten or encircle with a loop or something like a loop
- Also: loop the loop to cause (an aircraft) to perform a loop or (of an aircraft) to perform a loop
- (intransitive) to move in loops or in a path like a loop
Etymology: 14th Century: loupe, origin unknown |