loop1 /loop/ noun- The oval-shaped coil made in a piece of string, chain, etc as it crosses back over itself
- Any similar doubling in the shape or structure of anything
- Anything of similar form, eg an element in fingerprints
- A branch of anything that returns to the main part
- A series of instructions within a computer program which is performed repeatedly until a predetermined condition is met, when the computer will exit from the loop and carry on with the next instruction in the main program (computing)
- A closed-circuit sound which a signal can pass (electronics)
- An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft climbs, from level flight, to describe a circle in the sky
- Any loop-shaped movement or manoeuvre
- An intra-uterine contraceptive device shaped like a loop (also called Lippes loop)
transitive verb- To fasten in or with a loop
- To ornament with loops
- To make a loop of
intransitive verb To travel in loops ORIGIN: Ety dubious looped adjective loopˈer noun - A caterpillar of the Geometridae, so-called from its mode of walking by forming the body into a loop and planting its hinder legs close behind the six ‘true’ legs
- Someone or something that makes loops
- Someone who loops the loop in an aeroplane
loopˈiness noun The state or quality of being loopy loopˈing noun and adjective loopˈy adjective - Having loops
- Crafty (Scot)
- Slightly crazy (informal)
loop diuretic noun A drug which inhibits resorption from the loop of Henle loopˈ-line noun A branch railway that returns to the main line loop of Henle /henˈli/ noun A loop formed by a tubule in the kidney, identified by Friedrich Henle (1809–85), German anatomist in (or out of) the loop (informal) Included (or not included) in a group to whom information is made available loop the loop To move in a complete vertical loop or circle, head downwards at the top of the curve |