loup

¹ American  

[loo] / lu /

noun

1. a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.

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loup ² American  

[loup, lohp, loop] / laʊp, loʊp, lup /

verb (used without object)

1. to leap; jump; spring.

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verb (used with object)

1. to leap or jump at, over, or into (something).

loup ¹ British  

/ luː /

noun

1. another name for loo mask

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loup ² British  

/ laʊp /

verb

1. a Scot word for leap

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Etymology

Origin of loup¹

1825–35; < French: literally, wolf < Latin lupus

Origin of loup²

1325–75; Middle English loupe < Old Norse hlaupa, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap

Example Sentences

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loup

Sensing something is off, Teddy searches the internet for “comment soigné loup garou”: how to cure werewolf.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

After gala co-chair Marciano got everyone’s attention, a Puck-catered dinner of loup de mer with spinach-fennel puree was served.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2017

They call it "l'heure entre le chien et le loup" - "the hour between the dog and the wolf".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2016

And he served a loup de mer the way I’d like to see it done at La Grenouille, with a terrific lobster sauce, a tangle of simple spinach and a huge glittering knob of caviar.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2015

It would be unsafe to subject the loup immediately to the action of heavy hammers of iron.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various