looping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of loop
noun
  1. Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
  2. The practice of having a teacher remain with the same group of students for more than one school year.
noun
  1. The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Word forms

looping loopings

Etymology

Compare Dutch loopen (“to run”).

Derived words

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