blooper | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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loop | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane | Synonyms: loop-the-loop |
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(noun) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop | - |
(noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet |
(noun) a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates | Synonyms: closed circuit |
(noun) the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component | Synonyms: loop topology |
(noun) the basic pattern of the human fingerprint | - |
(noun) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied | - |
(noun) an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) | - |
(noun) (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated | Synonyms: iteration |
(noun) anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) | - |
looper | (noun) small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | Synonyms: inchworm, measuring worm |
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loophole | (noun) a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons | - |
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(noun) an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
looping | (noun) (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | Synonyms: iteration |
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sloop | (noun) a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow | - |
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