loop
//luːp//
Forms
- Plural
- loops
- present (v1)
- loop
- past (v2)
- looped
- past participle (v3)
- looped
- present participle
- looping
- 3rd person singular
- loops
Definitions
1.A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2.The opening so formed.
3.A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
4.A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- An online feed that constantly “refills” manipulates the brain’s dopaminergic reward system in a similar way. These powerful dopamine-driven loops of endless “seeking” can become addictive.
1.To form something into a loop.
2.To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
3.To fly an aircraft in a loop.
4.To move something in a loop.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4341
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”).