loop the loop

verb

To perform any of several aerobatic manoeuvres in which the aircraft flies around a vertical circle.

Meanings

verbloop the loop (third-person singular simple present loops the loop, present participle looping the loop, simple past and past participle looped the loop)

present singular third person loops the loop · participle present looping the loop · participle past looped the loop · past looped the loop

  1. intransitiveaeronauticsTo perform any of several aerobatic manoeuvres in which the aircraft flies around a vertical circle.
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APA

loop the loop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loop%20the%20loop

MLA

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Chicago

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