loop

loop
noun
1》 a shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.
    ↘a length of thread or similar material forming such a shape, used as a fastening or handle.
    ↘(also loop line) Brit. a length of railway track which is connected at either end to the main line and on to which trains can be diverted.
    ↘(also loop-the-loop) a manoeuvre in which an aircraft describes a vertical circle in the air.
    ↘Skating a manoeuvre describing a loop, made on a single edge.
2》 a structure, series, or process the end of which is connected to the beginning.
    ↘an endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
    ↘a complete circuit for an electric current.
    ↘Computing a programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
verb form into a loop or loops; encircle.
↘follow a course that forms a loop or loops.
↘put into or execute a loop of tape, film, or computing instructions.
↘(also loop the loop) (of an aircraft) circle vertically in the air.
Phrases
in (or out of) the loop informal aware (or unaware) of information known to only a privileged few.
throw (or knock) someone for a loop N. Amer. informal surprise or astonish someone.
Origin
ME: of unknown origin; cf. Sc. Gaelic lùb 'loop'.

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