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loop hole

loop hole is the alternative form of loophole.

Meaning of loophole

Noun

loophole (plural loopholes)

  1. (historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
    • […] and having a fair loophole, as it were, from a broken hole in the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting till they were within about thirty yards of the tree, so that he could not miss.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
    • Coupling the poor girl's intelligence with my previous knowledge, and the result of our good friend's inquiries on the spot, I left him no loophole of escape, and laid bare the whole villany which by these lights became plain as day.1838, Charles Dickens, chapter 49, in Oliver Twist, page 236

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Forms of loop hole

pluralloop holes

Questions about loop hole

What is loop hole the alternative form of?
Loop hole is the alternative form of loophole.

Words near loop hole in the dictionary

  1. loop device
  2. loop devices
  3. loop disconnect dialing
  4. loop diuretic
  5. loop diuretics
  6. loop hole
  7. loop holes
  8. loop in
  9. loop invariant
  10. loop invariants
  11. loop jump

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