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loop

loop

32 3.9
A short piece of music or sound that repeats to make a beat
  • noun
  • /luːp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bucle
  • I will have it on a continuous loop for years on my Chromebook.
  • a loop of music
  • a loop track
  • loop-based music software

So just save this part of this podcast and just play it on a loop if you need to.

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Examples

  • The video starts repeating in a continuous loop, but has been edited to sound like a rap song.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Groove Maker is a popular app with students as it uses loops from popular music for the compositions.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Now imagine every time that loop starts to play, you get to blow it a kiss.

  • I feel like if you play it all eight times on a loop you would maybe get it.

    Mandao of the Dead (2018)

  • So just save this part of this podcast and just play it on a loop if you need to.

    Lex Fridman

  • If you missed anything, this show is gonna be repeated every night, on a loop, until 4:00 a.m.

    Deck the Halls (2006)

  • It just totally helps blend and tie the whole loop together.

  • Initial student compositions with loop-based software often emulate musical styles and genres popular with the students.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I continued my New England loop singing The Anthem for WTSA Radio in Brattelboro, VT.

    National Anthem Girl (2019)

  • In music production, a catchy loop can enhance the overall sound of a track.

Antonyms

one-off
8 5.6

An event that happens only once and is not repeated

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

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 Repetitive

looping
  • Texting
1 4.1
loop
  • Specialized
32 3.9
repeat
132 1.0
one-off
8 5.6

Surface Forms

loop singular
loops plural

Etymology

Loop in music takes the same picture of return and repeat: a short sound that plays over and over is a loop because it keeps coming back to the beginning.