loop
/luːp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
noun
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
noun
A complete circuit for an electric current.
noun
A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
Example Sentences
- "Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."
- "feedback loop"
- "time loop"
- "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."
- "He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops."
- "In 1908 the line was extended to a station called Wood Lane, which was built on a terminal track loop so that trains could turn round and go back the other way, [...]"
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.