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loop `noun` [ luːp ]

• a shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

• "make a loop in the twine"

Similar: bend, curve, kink, arc,

• a structure, series, or process, the end of which is connected to the beginning.

• "a feedback loop"

loop `verb`

• form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

• "she looped her arms around his neck"

Similar: coil, wind, twist, snake, wreathe, spiral, form a hoop with, form hoops with, make a circle with, make circles with, bend into spirals/whorls,

Origin: late Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Scottish Gaelic lùb ‘loop, bend’.

in the loop

• aware of information about a particular matter.
"the White House disputed several points, insisting that the Secretary of State was kept in the loop about the war plan"

out of the loop

• unaware of information about a particular matter.
"he complained of being kept out of the loop and threatened to resign"

loop the loop

• (of an aircraft) describe a vertical circle in the air.
"Julie will loop the loop next month on her first trip into the skies"

throw someone for a loop

• surprise or astonish someone.
"the emotional aspect of it all threw us for a loop"

loop in

• inform someone about a particular matter.
"all they knew when police looped them in was that a travelling salesman had been robbed"

loop noun [ luːp ]