Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looper

/ˈluːpə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: loop-er
IPA: /ˈluːpə(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.

noun

A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.

noun

A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.

noun

Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).

noun

Slang

noun

A crazy person; a maniac.

Derogatory; Slang

name

Example Sentences

"With one out and runners on second and third, Cavan Biggio hit a looper up the middle that eluded hustling shortstop Tim Anderson in short centre field."
""There ain't much to tell. I'm the king of the caddies, the greatest fucking looper who ever packed a bag.""
""Carl Spackler: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. Angie D’Annunzio: A looper? Carl Spackler: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock.""

Etymology

From loop + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

loopers (plural)

Phrases

cabbage looper green looper looper caterpillar mesquite looper moth red-lined looper semi-looper

Synonyms

blooper measuring worm inchworm

Rhymes With

super cooper trooper hooper duper stupor pooper grouper blooper kuiper scooper kuper

Questions

How do you pronounce looper?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈluːpə(ɹ)/.
What does looper mean?: An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
Where does looper come from?: From loop + -er.

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