LOOP-THE-LOOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loop-the-loop mean? 

• LOOP-THE-LOOP (noun)
  The noun LOOP-THE-LOOP has 1 sense:

1. a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

  Familiarity information: LOOP-THE-LOOP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOP-THE-LOOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

loop; loop-the-loop

Hypernyms ("loop-the-loop" is a kind of...):

airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loop-the-loop"):

inside loop (a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight)

outside loop (a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight)