loup

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/luːp/

noun

A mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer or rolls.

OriginGerman Luppe →
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Meanings

loup1

nounloup (plural loups)

plural loups · alternative loop

  1. archaicengineeringA mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer or rolls.

Loup2

proper noun
  1. The extinct Algonquian language varieties once spoken in colonial New England.

Origin

loup · noun

  1. GermanLuppe
  2. GermanLuppe
  3. Englishloup

Borrowed from German Luppe (“a lump of iron”).

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Loup · proper noun

  1. Frenchloup“wolf”
  2. EnglishLoup

From French loup (“wolf”): the language was attested in a notebook titled Mots loups ("wolf words") compiled by Jean-Claude Mathevet, a priest who worked among the Algonquians.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

loop

Anagrams

LupoPulo
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“loup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loup.

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