"looper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈluːpə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-looper.ogg Forms: loopers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ) Etymology: From loop + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|loop|er}} loop + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} looper (plural loopers)
  1. An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-BeLVShOb
  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.
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-CdaFspDQ
  3. A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-cV72pH3c
  4. (baseball) Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”). Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: blooper [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-B7auefft Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (slang) A golf caddy Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Geometrid moths, Noctuoid moths
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-oxrlqcPX Disambiguation of Geometrid moths: 15 19 2 7 40 17 Disambiguation of Noctuoid moths: 15 21 2 7 40 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 1 10 41 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 15 20 3 10 34 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 20 1 4 49 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 18 2 8 41 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 17 1 6 42 18
  6. (Ireland, slang, derogatory) A crazy person; a maniac. Tags: Ireland, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-looper-en-noun-sQS88RpF Categories (other): Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cabbage looper, green looper, looper caterpillar, semi-looper

Inflected forms

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