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looping

looping is the present participle and gerund of loop.

Noun (1)

looping (plural loopings)

  1. Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
  2. A loop (aerobatic maneuver).
  3. The practice of having a teacher remain with the same group of students for more than one school year.

Meaning of loop

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To form something into a loop.
  2. (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  3. (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  4. (transitive) To move something in a loop.
  5. (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
  6. (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

See all 34 meanings of loop

Noun (2)

looping

  1. The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Forms of looping

pluralloopings

Origin of looping

Compare Dutch loopen (“to run”).

Words formed from looping

Phrases with looping

Questions about looping

What does looping mean?
Looping means something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
What is looping the present participle and gerund of?
Looping is the present participle and gerund of loop.
What part of speech is looping?
Looping is a noun.
What is the plural of looping?
The plural of looping is loopings.

Words near looping in the dictionary

  1. loopie
  2. loopier
  3. loopiest
  4. loopily
  5. loopiness
  6. looping
  7. looping in
  8. looping snail
  9. looping the loop
  10. looping up
  11. loopingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looping (page history and authors); loop (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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