loop

loop is a 4-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
2. noun. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
3. noun. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
4. noun. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
5. noun. A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
6. noun. The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
7. transitive verb. To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
8. noun. a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
9. noun. a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
10. noun. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

    Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet

11. noun. an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
12. noun. the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
13. noun. a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
14. noun. the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
15. noun. an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)

    "he's no longer in the loop"

16. noun. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

    "the solution took hundreds of iterations"

    Synonyms: iteration

17. noun. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
18. verb. fasten or join with a loop

    "He looped the watch through his belt"

19. verb. wind around something in coils or loops

    Synonyms: coil, curl

20. verb. make a loop in

    "loop a rope"

    Synonyms: intertwine

21. verb. fly loops, perform a loop

    "the stunt pilot looped his plane"

22. verb. move in loops

    "The bicycle looped around the tree"

Synonyms

cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet, iteration, coil, curl, intertwine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in loop:

polo, pool

Common word forms

loops, looped, looper, loopful, looping

Words from these letters

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