LOOP

I. noun Etymology: Middle English loupe; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer Date: 14th century ~hole 1a, II. noun Etymology: Middle English loupe, of unknown origin Date: 14th century 1. a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked, such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament, 2. something shaped like or suggestive of a ~, a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane, a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch, a closed electric circuit, 5. a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously, a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images , a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached, a sports league, a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making , III. verb Date: 1832 intransitive verb to make or form a ~, to execute a ~ in an airplane, to move in ~s or in an arc, transitive verb 1. to make a ~ in, on, or about, to fasten with a ~, to join (two courses of ~s) in knitting, to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a ~, to cause to move in an arc