cloop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
  2. The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
  3. The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space.
  4. The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface.
verb
  1. To make a cloop (slightly hollow, percussive) sound (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
noun
  1. A small, seedy bar or nightclub; a dive.
noun
  1. A compression technology for Linux files stored on a read-only block device that allows files to be decompressed on the fly.

Pronunciation

/kluːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cloop.wav /klup/

Word forms

cloop cloops clooping clooped

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Synonyms

Translations

Finnish: poksahdus
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