loop
noun (1)
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Definition of loop
(Entry 1 of 3)
archaic
loop
noun (2)Definition of loop (Entry 2 of 3)
1a
: a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked
b
: such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament
2a
: something shaped like or suggestive of a loop
b
: a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane
3
: a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch
4
: a closed electric circuit
5a
: a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously
b
: a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images
a drum loop
6
: a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached
7
: a sports league
8
: a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making
out of the policy loop
for a loop
: into a state of amazement, confusion, or distress
the news threw us for a loop
loop
verb
looped;
looping;
loops
Definition of loop (Entry 3 of 3)
1a
: to make a loop in, on, or about
b
: to fasten with a loop
2
: to join (two courses of loops) in knitting
3
: to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loop
4
: to cause to move in an arc
Examples of loop in a Sentence
Verb
The road loops around the pond. The necklace is long enough to loop twice around my neck. She looped a string around her finger. He sat with his arms looped around his knees. The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single. The batter hit a looping single to left field. The batter looped a single to left field. The quarterback looped a pass downfield.
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More Definitions for loop
loop
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of loop
: to form or cause (something) to form a loop
: to move or cause (something) to move in a high curving path
See the full definition for loop in the English Language Learners Dictionary
loop
noun
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Kids Definition of loop
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: an almost oval form produced when something flexible and thin (as a wire or a rope) crosses over itself
2
: something (as a figure or bend) suggesting a flexible loop
Her letters have large loops.
loop
verb
looped;
looping
Kids Definition of loop (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to make a circle or loop in
Loop your shoelace.
2
: to form a circle or loop
The road loops around the park.
loop
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Medical Definition of loop
1
: a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed
2a
: something (as an anatomical part) shaped like a loop — see loop of henle — lippes loop
b
: a surgical electrode in the form of a loop
3
: a fingerprint in which some of the papillary ridges make a single backward turn without any twist
4
: a wire usually of platinum bent at one end into a small loop (usually four millimeters in inside diameter) and used in transferring microorganisms
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