Meaning

6 senses
  1. An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.

  2. A moth having a caterpillar which arches its body into a loop in order to bring the back part of the body forward as it walks due to having fewer prolegs, including inchworms or measuring worms in the family Geometridae and some species in the family Noctuidae.

  3. A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.

  4. Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).

  5. (slang)A golf caddy

  6. (Ireland, derogatory, slang)A crazy person; a maniac.

More definitions
  • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From loop + -er.

From loop + -er.

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Forms

plural: loopers
Singularlooper
Pluralloopers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae:measuring worminchworm

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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