Bootstrap and Loop

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Bootstrap noun - A strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on.

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Loop and bootstrap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loop" instead a noun "Bootstrap".

Nearby Words: bootstrapped, bootstrapping

Loop noun - A circular strip.

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Bootstrap and loop are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Bootstrap" with "Loop", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: looped, loopy, looping

Timey-Wimey Ball — The actual episode of Doctor Who from which this phrase emerged ends in a perfectly reasonable Stable Time Loop, albiet one containing a bootstrap paradox.

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Stable Time Loop: The Doctor gives a primer to the audience about the Bootstrap Paradox at the beginning of the episode.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 4 Before The Flood
According to the Doctor, the bootstrap paradox (Stable Time Loop) anecdote that began this episode "didn't actually happen" — in the "real" Whoniverse, Beethoven was a nice bloke who liked to arm wrestle, albeit he was "a little intense".

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 4 Before The Flood

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Loop and Bootstrap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootstrap/loop

Bootstrap & Loop. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootstrap/loop>.

Loop or Bootstrap. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootstrap/loop.

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