loop
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
Noun 4 meanings
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
The opening so formed.
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
“Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.”
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
“feedback loop”
Verb 4 meanings
To form something into a loop.
To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
To fly an aircraft in a loop.
To move something in a loop.
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”).
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LOOP at a glance
LOOP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + O 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,311 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with loop
All rhymes- SCOOP9
- TROOP7
- POOP8
- COOP8
- HOOP9
- SNOOP7
- SWOOP10
- WHOOP13
- STOOP7
- SLOOP7
- GOOP7
- DROOP8
One letter away
- LOOK8
- POOP8
- LOOT4
- COOP8
- HOOP9
- LOOM6
- LOON4
- LOOS4
- GOOP7
- LOUP6
- ROOP6
- LOOF7
- MOOP8
- NOOP6
- SOOP6
- LOOR4
- YOOP9
- LOWP9
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