Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

looping

/lˈupɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: loop-ing
IPA: /lˈupɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of loop

noun

Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.

noun

A loop (aerobatic maneuver).

noun

The practice of having a teacher remain with the same group of students for more than one school year.

noun

The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Etymology

Compare Dutch loopen (“to run”).

Inflected Forms

loopings (plural)

Derived Forms

loopingly nonlooping

Phrases

Greek love light-of-love loose eye loose eyed loose-eyed lounge: departures lounge love: girls' love love-joust love-milk Socratic love

Synonyms

iteration

Rhymes With

grouping whooping snooping scooping swooping drooping regrouping stooping trooping recouping shuping

Questions

How do you pronounce looping?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈupɪŋ/.
What does looping mean?: present participle and gerund of loop
Where does looping come from?: Compare Dutch loopen (“to run”).

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