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noun/luːp/
  1. 1

    A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

  2. 2

    The opening so formed.

  3. 3

    A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

    • Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
  4. 4

    A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.

    • feedback loop
    • time loop
  5. 5

    A ring road or beltway.

  6. 6

    An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

    • He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops.
  7. 7

    A complete circuit for an electric current.

  8. 8

    A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

  9. 9

    An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

  10. 10

    A path that starts and ends at the same point.

verb/luːp/
  1. 1

    To form something into a loop.transitive

  2. 2

    To fasten or encircle something with a loop.transitive

  3. 3

    To fly an aircraft in a loop.transitive

  4. 4

    To move something in a loop.transitive

  5. 5

    To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.transitive

  6. 6

    To join electrical components to complete a circuit.transitive

  7. 7

    To duplicate the route of a pipeline.transitive

  8. 8

    To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.transitive

  9. 9

    To form a loop.intransitive

  10. 10

    To move in a loop.intransitive

    • The program loops until the user presses a key.

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