loop the loop

See also: loop-the-loop

English

Etymology

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Verb

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

1. (aviation, intransitive) To perform any of several aerobatic manoeuvres in which the aircraft flies around a vertical circle.

See also

• inside loop
• outside loop
• English bunt
• loop-de-loop