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looper

/ˈluːpə(ɹ)/

looper noun: an instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.

Noun

looper (plural loopers)

  1. An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
  2. A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.
  3. A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
  4. Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).
    • With one out and runners on second and third, Cavan Biggio hit a looper up the middle that eluded hustling shortstop Tim Anderson in short centre field.2022 June 22, Jay Cohen, “Blue Jays' woes continue as Harrison's walk-off single in 12th inning wins it for White Sox”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022
    Synonyms:
    blooper
  5. (slang) A golf caddy
    • "There ain't much to tell. I'm the king of the caddies, the greatest fucking looper who ever packed a bag."1981, James Ellroy, Brown's Requiem
    • "Carl Spackler: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. Angie D’Annunzio: A looper? Carl Spackler: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock."1980, Douglas Kenney, Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray, Caddyshack
  6. (Ireland, derogatory, slang) A crazy person; a maniac.

Proper noun capitalized: Looper

Looper (plural Loopers)

  1. A surname.

looper meaning in Tamil

looper in Tamil

காவடுப்புழு, கொக்கிப்புழு

Synonyms of looper

Forms of looper

Noun
pluralloopers
Proper noun
pluralLoopers

Plural of looper: loopers

Origin of looper

From loop + -er.

Words formed from looper

Phrases with looper

Words that rhyme with looper

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about looper

What does looper mean?
Looper means an instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
What is looper in Tamil?
Looper in Tamil is காவடுப்புழு, கொக்கிப்புழு. See Looper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is looper?
Looper can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce looper?
Looper is pronounced /ˈluːpə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of looper?
The plural of looper is loopers.

Words near looper in the dictionary

  1. looped e
  2. looped in
  3. looped the loop
  4. looped up
  5. looped-e
  6. looper
  7. looper caterpillar
  8. looper caterpillars
  9. loopers
  10. loopes
  11. loopful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looper (page history and authors); Looper (page history and authors); looper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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