cloop

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kluːp/ (General American) IPA(key): /klup/ Rhymes: -uːp === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Noun ==== cloop (plural cloops) A slightly hollow, percussive sound. The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. Coordinate term: pop The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space. Coordinate terms: gurgle, glug, sploosh, splash The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface. Synonym: clop Holonym: clip-clop ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cloop (third-person singular simple present cloops, present participle clooping, simple past and past participle clooped) (intransitive) To make a cloop (slightly hollow, percussive) sound (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Blend of club +‎ coop. ==== Noun ==== cloop (plural cloops) (informal) A small, seedy bar or nightclub; a dive. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Blend of c(ompressed) +‎ loop. ==== Noun ==== cloop (uncountable) (computing) A compression technology for Linux files stored on a read-only block device that allows files to be decompressed on the fly. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === cloop on WikipediaWikipedia (“compression technology for Linux files”). “cloop”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === colpo-