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loops

/luːps/

loops is the plural of loop.

loops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loop.

Meaning of loop

Noun

loop (plural loops)

  1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  2. The opening so formed.
  3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
    • Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
  4. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
    • feedback loop
    Synonyms:
    cycle
  5. A ring road or beltway.
  6. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
    • He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops.1979 December 8, anonymous author, “The Small Town”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 5

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Proper noun capitalized: Loops

Loops

  1. (plural) plural of Loop

Phrases with loops

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Words that rhyme with loops

Questions about loops

What is loops the plural of?
Loops is the plural of loop.
What part of speech is loops?
Loops is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce loops?
Loops is pronounced /luːps/.

Words near loops in the dictionary

  1. looplike
  2. loopline
  3. looplines
  4. loopoid
  5. loopoids
  6. loops
  7. loops in
  8. loops of Henle
  9. loops the loop
  10. loops up
  11. loopspace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loops (page history and authors); Loops (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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