looper

Definition

An instrument or tool, such as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc.

Etymology

From loop + -er.

Example Sentences

• "With one out and runners on second and third, Cavan Biggio hit a looper up the middle that eluded hustling shortstop Tim Anderson in short centre field."
• ""There ain't much to tell. I'm the king of the caddies, the greatest fucking looper who ever packed a bag.""
• ""Carl Spackler: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. Angie D’Annunzio: A looper? Carl Spackler: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock.""