looped

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of loop.

   The song looped quietly in the background all afternoon.

   He looped the wires neatly behind the television.

   Note

   One regular -ed spelling serves both the past tense (she looped the cable) and the participle (the cable was looped twice). The verb behind it nearly always takes an object, such as a rope, a wire, an aircraft or a song set to repeat, so passive uses come easily. Once the participle names a settled shape rather than an action, it has become the 'formed into a loop' adjective, which can take more and most.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having one or more loops; marked by rings or curls of material.

   The looped pile of the rug gave it a plush, springy texture.

   She chose a scarf with a delicate looped weave at the edges.

   Similarcurled, curly, coiled

3. 3
   adjective

   Shaped so that a length or curve bends around to form a loop.

   The looped handle made the basket easy to carry.

   A single looped strand secured the bundle of letters.

   Similarcurved, coiled, curled, bent, circular

   Oppositestraight

4. 4
   adjectiveslang

   Drunk; intoxicated from drinking too much alcohol.

   A couple of strong cocktails and he was already looped.

   They came home from the reunion thoroughly looped.

   Similardrunk, tipsy, tight, sloshed, plastered

   Oppositesober

   Note

   Slang for drunkenness, best kept to casual talk where it lands as a joke rather than an accusation. It sits most naturally after a verb (got looped, was thoroughly looped) and is often sharpened with an intensifier. Because the same spelling also describes rope and wire, context carries the meaning. Where tone matters, drunk or intoxicated is the safer choice.

5. 5
   adjective

   Whorled; arranged in spirals or coiling patterns.

   Botanists noted the looped arrangement of leaves around the stem.

   The fossil's looped ridges traced a tight inward spiral.

   Similarwhorled, spiral, coiled

   Oppositestraight

   Note

   Fingerprint vocabulary is the home of this sense: it describes part of a print whose ridges coil like a whorl. Outside that setting, whorled or spiral is the clearer word. A general reader will usually hear looped as the 'having loops' meaning, so reserve this use for contexts where the fingerprint is already in view.

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