(Homonym: loupe).
1. Anything with a round or oval shape that is closed or nearly closed; SYN. circuit.
2. An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan).
3. The basic pattern of the human fingerprint.

An intrauterine contraceptive device in the shape of a loop.

A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane.

1. A set of statements in a program executed repeatedly, either a fixed number of times or until some condition is true or false. See also DO loop, FOR loop, infinite loop, iterative statement.
2. A pair of wires that runs between a telephone central office and customer premises.
In computing, short for program loop.
A computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied.

1. To fasten with a loop.
2. To fly loops, perform a loop, as of an airplane.
3. To make a loop in, as of rope or string; SYN. intertwine.
4. To move in loops.