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looper

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.
  2. noun 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. noun A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
  4. noun Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).
  5. noun A golf caddy
  6. noun A crazy person; a maniac.

Similar words

inchworm measuring worm omnivorous autograph manuscript cabbage pop loop knop knot

Often followed by

and moth thread is caterpillars larvae in caterpillar moths

Word family

inchworm loopers

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