Showing results for "looping"

• present participle of loop.

looping

American  

[loo-ping] / ˈlu pɪŋ /

noun

Movies.

1. the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.

---

Etymology

Origin of looping

1475–85 for an earlier sense; loop ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Looping mischievously around one another, befezzed Shriners do figure eights on their tiny motorcycles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The Looping Star rollercoaster opened in 2021 and is a three-car train with 12 seats and includes a 10-metre loop.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

Looping the unarmed people who hand out parking citations into this endeavor was symbolic tinkering.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Looping black lines composed of high-tech lights were designed to simulate the flow of ink scrawl across the facades of two new buildings, as though an invisible hand were repeatedly signing the walls.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Looping back the hair behind her ears, just as Will had seen her mother do, she began to turn the wheels in the old familiar way, and Pantalaimon, mouse-formed now, sat on her knee.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Related Words

• bend
• curl
• curve
• twist