Loop

What do we mean by loop?

A length of line, thread, ribbon, or other thin material that is curved or doubled over making an opening. noun

The opening formed by such a doubled line. noun

Something having a shape, order, or path of motion that is circular or curved over on itself. noun

A closed circuit. noun

A sequence of instructions that repeats either a specified number of times or until a particular condition is met. noun

A loop-shaped intrauterine device. noun

A flight maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane with the lateral axis of the aircraft remaining horizontal. noun

A segment of film or magnetic tape whose ends are joined, making a strip that can be continuously replayed. noun

To form into a loop. intransitive verb

To fasten, join, or encircle with loops or a loop. intransitive verb

To fly (an aircraft) in a loop. intransitive verb

To move in a loop or an arc. intransitive verb

To join (conductors) so as to complete a circuit. intransitive verb

To add or substitute (words) in a film by altering the soundtrack. intransitive verb

To form a loop. intransitive verb

To move in a loop. intransitive verb

To make a loop in an aircraft. intransitive verb

(in the loop) Part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something. idiom

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

The opening so formed.

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

A ring road or beltway.

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

A complete circuit for an electric current.

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

An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

A path that starts and ends at the same point.

A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.

A quasigroup with an identity element.

A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

An audio or video digital sample cut so that it plays continuously without jarring. (Nobody uses analogue tape or film anymore, unless they're into masochism) Often: "drum loop" ~ a pattern of drum hits which, when combined with a bassline, make a groove. These can be stored as an audio file or MIDI information. Urban Dictionary

Driving around an area to partake in the smoking of marijuana, drinking alcohol, or just for the hell of it Urban Dictionary

"The Loop" is the local name for Chicago's downtown area, so named because of the way the city's elevated trains (or el) loops around the area. Also used with directions, such as "North Loop," "South Loop," or "West Loop." There is, however, no "East Loop" because that would put you in Lake Michigan. Urban Dictionary

In various arcade shoot em up games (such as Gradius), when you beat the game, it allows you to start over at the beginning of the game after viewing the credits. You keep the score you had when you beat the game, but the enemies in the levels become harder and the game becomes more difficult. This is called a loop. The game starts on loop 1 and when you beat the game it goes to loop 2 with higher difficulty and when you beat it again you start over with an even higher difficuly setting at loop 3 and so on. Urban Dictionary

A combination of the words, "long" and "poop." Urban Dictionary

1. In computer programming languages, a loop is used to repeat a segment of code. 2. Use to signify a lasso or other circular object. 3. Use to signify a train loop, bus loop, loop de loop, etc... 4. Repetition. 5. Capture. Urban Dictionary

To jerk outside for practice Urban Dictionary

1. when something is mentioned more than once during a conversation as if it were the first time. 2. similar to deja vu, when the same conversation plays out again in the same way during the day Urban Dictionary

See loop. Urban Dictionary

N. Crazy person,psycho, can also indicate a stalker Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to loop:
loop.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word loop:
loops, knot, iteration, siding, freeway, coaster, feedback, ramp, interstate, spur, interchange, trail, gravity, antenna, exit, rope, ribbon, quantum, trains, scenic, downtown, roller, subway, terminus, bypass, parkway, trails, wire, silk, magnetic, highway, junction, route, binding, boulevard, congo, intersection, platform, connects, line, connecting, triple, riders, platforms, designation, signal, variable, passes, segment, input, avenue, jump, outer, bus, stops, tunnel, connect, ride, train, begins, crossing, station, frequency.

Words that rhyme with loop:
group, scoop, soup, poop, stoop, dupe, recoup, coop, hoop, swoop, troop, nincompoop, whoop, snoop, troupe, coupe, droop, sloop, croup, loupe, drupe, goop, boop, stoup, regroup, koop, bloop, lupe, oop, stupe, toupe, guadalupe, loup, troup, workgroup, gloop, doupe, stroop, duck soup, subgroup, shoop, intergroup, guadeloupe, age group, roop, pressure group, stroup, cloop, groupe, newsgroup, croupe, ethnic group, vegetable soup, arup, hupe, paratroop, rupe, chicken coop, mock turtle soup, pea soup, turtle soup, chicken soup, basketball hoop, knoop, working group, wynkoop, splinter group, shupe, peer group, interest group, kin group, encounter group, hupeh, occupational group, embroidery hoop, jazz group, rock group, kinship group, green pea soup, houp, abo group, lentil soup, blood group, war whoop, musical group, shoup, social group, vinyl group, core group, play group, scout group, amphibole group, ethyl group, linkage group, arsenic group, roope, scout troop, cyanide group, stroupe, air group.

Adjectives that are often used to describe loop:
closed, inner, open, single, outer, small, main, local, infinite, second, current, positive, negative, long, mile, next, double, simple, endless, locked, continuous, circular, short, intestinal, phonological, duodenal, primary, complete, third, nested, jejunal, lower, upper, entire, feedback, volume, rectangular, while, secondary, innermost, internal, the, shaped, minor, tight, wide, typical, isolated, articulatory, intracellular, external, ileal, blind, vertical, sterile, autocrine, iterative, extracellular, magnetic, microbial, proximal, controlled, distal, outside, horizontal, narrow, top, cytoplasmic, forward, digital, parallel, bottom, regulatory, cervical, extra, terminal, causal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective loop:
system, gain, control, function, systems, holes, response, learning, poles, structure, circuit, operation, feedback, stability, performance, bandwidth, configuration, structures, mode, model, diagram, functions, responses, pole, process, diagrams, amplifier, controller, level, corrections, hole, helix, method, order, obstruction, characteristics, equation, controllers, approach, dynamics, type, eigenvalues, gains, behavior, syndrome, design, region, scheme, network, test, matrix, approximation, technique, mechanism, chain, strategies, simulation, strategy, zeros, frequency, lens, equilibrium, controls, circuits, impedance, handle, tape, correction, contribution, loops, curve, fashion, plot, recycling, identification, calculation, mechanisms, handles, algorithm, formation, configurations, contributions, tests, plant, reflexes.

Consonant match to loop:
leap, lap, lip, lope, loupe, lop, lupe, lapp, lep, loup, leep, lipe, lepe, lippe, lape, lipp, lopp, lappe, lepp.

Words that sound like loop:
loop, lupe, loupe, loup, loope, lip, lap, leap, lube, lope, lop, leep, lep, loob, lup, lape, lipe, lapp, lipp, lopp, loap, lepe, lippe, lappe, laup, lepp, llap, lyp, luebbe, laap, leip, lab, loo, louis, lou, lobe, louie, loopy, loops, lob, lib, lu, lue, lieu, lew, looper, lub, leb, sloop, gloop, bloop, labe, liebe, libe, looped, lewi, floop, lupa, leu, lupo, leeb, lewy, lieb, lobb, lwo, lewey, liew, loeb, luper, looey, leab, loopie, leib, lsp, louw, laub, loux, lupi, lmp, labbe, llu, laib, cloop, lwe, labb, lewe, lww, llp, laube, llew, lyb, loupes, loups, loopz, sloup, lhu, lieue, luw, luppi, ewp.