looping

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
verb move in loops
verb make a loop in

Compare Dutch loopen (“to run”).

In nearly every one that I saw closely enough to examine the edge was corded, and the end finished with a kind of buttonhole looping. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
It was a morning of clear spring sunlight when we breakfasted in that little red-roofed town among vineyards with a shining river looping at our feet. — Mr. Standfast, John Buchan
Moreover there was a likeness between her aunt's autograph and her own, a characteristic turn in the looping of the letters, a hint of the same decisiveness and precision. — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown

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