- loop⇄expr. in the loop. in the process; a part of the process.
Ex. He wasn't in the loop per se, but he was in the loop floating in and out (Vanity Fair). - loop⇄expr. knock for a loop, (U.S. Slang.)
a. to knock out.
Ex. The contender knocked him for a loop in their championship bout.
b. (Figurative.) to put something out of operation; diminish; make ineffectual.
Ex. His testimony confir - loop⇄expr. loop the loop, to turn over and over; make a loop in the air.
Ex. The kite looped the loop in a sudden gust of wind. - loop⇄expr. out of the loop, on the outside, especially of the political process.
Ex. The men around Bush ... managed to push Fitzgerald out of the loop temporarily during his first campaign for president (Spy Magazine). - loop⇄loop (1), noun, verb.
- loop⇄loop (2), noun.
(Archaic.) an opening in a wall; loophole.
Ex. Stop all sight-holes, every loop (Shakespeare). - loop⇄loop (3), noun, verb.
- loop⇄noun a ball-shaped, pasty mass of iron before it is made into a bloom; ball.
- loop⇄noun 1. the shape of a curved string, ribbon, bent wire, or cord that crosses itself.
Ex. He wound the garden hose in loops and hung it up.
2. a thing, bend, course, or motion shaped like a loop. In writing, ?b and ?g and ?h and ?l have loop - loop⇄overhand knot orloop
a simple knot, used in beginning other knots; thumb knot. - loop⇄v.i. to form such a mass.
- loop⇄v.i. 1. to form a loop or loops.
Ex. This yarn loops easily for knitting.
2. to move by forming loops in crawling.
Ex. The currant worms went looping and devouring from twig to twig (Atlantic Monthly).
3. to perform a loop, as a - loop⇄v.t. 1. to make a loop of.
Ex. to loop the rope and tie the ends.
2. to make loops in.
Ex. to loop the rope and fasten it over the pole.
3. to fasten with a loop.
Ex. to loop the rope around the pole.
4. to encircle