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to loop

to loop

8 4.3
To move in a complete vertical circle, as a plane or roller coaster
  • verb
  • /luːp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hacer un bucle
  • I wanna do barrel rolls and loop the loops.

Examples

  • In the end, he decided to drive right up the driveway since it looped behind the house.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Looking Loon traced a path that would take them wide of the river but loop back toward the mountains.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Here we go loop the loop

    What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

  • Want a plane that loops the loop?

    Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

  • So I went south, looping the long way around, leaving the freeway and threading through surface streets.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Lions and tigers loop-the-loop

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

  • During the airshow, the pilot performed an impressive maneuver and made the plane loop in a perfect vertical circle.

  • To pass the obstacle course, the robot must loop around the cones without touching them.

  • The roller coaster ride starts slow, but soon it will loop high above the park, thrilling all the passengers.

Idioms

in the loop
  • Informal
32 4.0

Knowing what is happening in a group or project

to knock for a loop
  • Informal
1 8.7

To surprise someone very much and leave them speechless

Phrasal Verbs

to keep in the loop
16 3.5

To make sure someone regularly gets the latest information

Compounds

feedback loop
  • Specialized
16 4.2

A system where part of what it makes is sent back to change how it works

loop-the-loop
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A complete vertical circle made by an aircraft as a flying stunt

closed loop
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A system that uses feedback to keep things like temperature at the right level

loop gain
  • Specialized
1 9.1

How much output an amplifier sends back to its input, affecting how steady it is

loop knot
1 5.3

A fixed ring in a rope that does not slip or change size

closed-loop system
  • Specialized
6.0

A control system that uses information from sensors to adjust itself automatically

closed-loop system
  • Specialized
5.2

A system that recovers, cleans, and reuses materials to avoid waste

drip loop
  • Specialized
6.7

A downward loop in a cable that stops water from running into a building

loop topology
  • Specialized
6.9

A network where computers connect in a closed ring

loop-line
  • Specialized
8.2

A train line that leaves a main line and later rejoins it

ground loop
  • Specialized
9.0

A sudden uncontrolled turn a plane makes while moving on the ground

inside loop
  • Specialized
9.8

A plane flight that climbs, flies upside down, then dives in a vertical circle with the pilot on the inside

outside loop
  • Specialized
9.9

A plane move where it dives, flies upside down, and then climbs back to level flight

How Winding

meander
1 5.5
to loop
  • Specialized
8 4.3
oxbow
3 8.4
to curve
22 2.8
bend
77 1.2

Surface Forms

loop infinitive
looped past
looped past participle
looping present participle
loops third person singular

Etymology

Loop as a verb meaning to move in a circle comes from that same idea of a ring, so when something loops it travels round and returns to its start, like a plane, kite, or roller coaster doing a full turn.