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overloops

overloops is the plural of overloop.

overloops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overloop.

Meaning of overloop

Noun

overloop (plural overloops)

  1. A loop that occurs above something.
    • I almost signed, and then luckily I noticed that my boss Abelardo's tall and horizontally compressed conquistador signature, with lots of overloops and proud flourishes, was located one petal over on the very same flower I had chosen.1992, Jeremy Lewis, The Chatto Book of Office Life, Or, Love Among the Filing Cabinets, page 336
  2. An outer loop; A loop that contains an inner loop.
    • Well , they certainly didn't know about loops yet, much less closed loops and overloops.1998, Dan Parkinson, The Whispers, page 133

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Questions about overloops

What is overloops the plural of?
Overloops is the plural of overloop.

Words near overloops in the dictionary

  1. overlooking
  2. overlooks
  3. overloop
  4. overlooped
  5. overlooping
  6. overloops
  7. overloose
  8. overloosen
  9. overloosened
  10. overloosening
  11. overloosens

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