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ground looping

ground looping is the present participle and gerund of ground loop.

Meaning of ground loop

Verb

ground loop (third-person singular simple present ground loops, present participle ground looping, simple past and past participle ground looped)

  1. To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre.
    • I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 41

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Questions about ground looping

What is ground looping the present participle and gerund of?
Ground looping is the present participle and gerund of ground loop.

Words near ground looping in the dictionary

  1. ground laurels
  2. ground level
  3. ground levels
  4. ground loop
  5. ground looped
  6. ground looping
  7. ground loops
  8. ground man
  9. ground meat
  10. ground meats
  11. ground men

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