“loops” is a form of
loop
/luːp/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms loops looping looped
- noun A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- noun The opening so formed.
- noun A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. “Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.”
- noun A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. “feedback loop”
- noun A ring road or beltway.
- noun An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- noun A complete circuit for an electric current.
- noun (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- verb (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- verb (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- verb (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- verb (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- verb (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- verb (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- verb (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- verb (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun (Melbourne, informal, in the singular) The City Loop. “Does this train go through the Loop?”
Synonyms
cycle cringle eyelet grommet grummet iteration loop topology closed circuit loop-the-loop intertwine coil curl
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”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]
- noun A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
- noun A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- verb To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; --often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
Etymology [G. luppe an iron lump. Cf. Looping.]
Etymology [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “loop”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details