looping

American  

[loo-ping] / ˈlu pɪŋ /

noun

Movies.

1. the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.

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Etymology

Origin of looping

1475–85 for an earlier sense; loop ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Instead of flying straight to Mars, the spacecraft are currently looping around a point in space about a million miles from Earth known as Lagrange point 2.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Amid a looping vocal recording, Blake declares distortedly, “I’d rather you choose me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

And that’s why at the base of the structure is a looping opening meant to signify a half-open doorway.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

In a fifth round that lit up Brooklyn's Barclays Center, Smith stood toe-to-toe with the heavy-handed Puerto Rican and dropped him with a looping overhand right.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Jerry let down the mainsail and gathered it in, wrapping it around the boom and looping a line around it to hold it.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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