looping

Pluralloopings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of loop. Use this form for something going around or repeating right now.

   The song kept looping for hours until I turned it off.

   She is looping the wire around each post.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A pattern or action that curves around or repeats the same path.

   Like the curl you make when you tie a shoelace into a bow.

   The kite made a wide looping in the sky before it dove.

   She drew a row of small loopings along the edge of the page.

   Similarcurl, swirl, flourish, twist, winding

3. 3
   noununcountable

   When a teacher stays with the same class of students for more than one year.

   Like having the same coach for two seasons in a row instead of a new one each year.

   The school tried looping so the same teacher could follow the kids into third grade.

   Parents liked looping because their children kept the same teacher two years in a row.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   When ore is heated and runs together into a single solid mass.

   Like bits of cheese melting and sticking into one blob when warmed.

   The blacksmith noticed looping in the ore before the fire grew hot enough to melt it.

   Looping left the heated ore stuck together in one heavy lump.

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