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looplike

looplike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a loop.

Adjective

looplike (comparative more looplike, superlative most looplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a loop.
    • The attack on Tuesday appeared to reflect a looplike dynamic of Israeli-Palestinian violence: stabbings of Israelis followed by swift, often deadly responses by Israeli security forces and graphic video footage inspiring replica Palestinian attacks against Israelis.2015 November 10, Isabel Kershner, Rami Nazzal, “Violent Loop Engulfs Youths in Jerusalem”, in New York Times

Forms of looplike

comparativemore looplike
superlativemost looplike

Origin of looplike

From loop + -like.

Questions about looplike

What does looplike mean?
Looplike means resembling or characteristic of a loop.
What part of speech is looplike?
Looplike is an adjective.

Words near looplike in the dictionary

  1. looplessness
  2. looplet
  3. looplets
  4. looplight
  5. looplights
  6. looplike
  7. loopline
  8. looplines
  9. loopoid
  10. loopoids
  11. loops

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