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time loop

time loop noun: a hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.

Noun

time loop (plural time loops)

  1. A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
    • Edge Of Tomorrow, Doug Liman’s click-clacky sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, stars Tom Cruise as a smarmy press flack who gets stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion.2014 June 5, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Edge Of Tomorrow puts Tom Cruise through an action-packed Groundhog Day”, in AV Club

Forms of time loop

pluraltime loops

Origin of time loop

From time + loop.

Questions about time loop

What does time loop mean?
Time loop means a hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
What part of speech is time loop?
Time loop is a noun.
What is the plural of time loop?
The plural of time loop is time loops.

Words near time loop in the dictionary

  1. time lines
  2. time loan
  3. time loans
  4. time lock
  5. time locks
  6. time loop
  7. time loops
  8. time machine
  9. time machines
  10. time management
  11. time marker

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