loosing

adjective looser, loosest

1. not confined or restrained; free; unbound
2. not put up in a special package, box, binding, etc.: loose salt
3. readily available; not put away under lock and key: loose cash
4. not firmly fastened down, on, or in: a loose tooth, a loose wheel
5. not taut; slack
6. not tight; giving enough room: loose clothing
7. not compact or compactly constructed: loose soil, a loose frame
8. not restrained; irresponsible: loose talk
9. not precise or close; inexact: a loose translation
10. sexually immoral or promiscuous
11. 1. not strained or hard: a loose cough
    2. moving freely or excessively: loose bowels
12. Informal relaxed; easy; unconstrained

adverb looser, loosest

transitive verb loosed, loosing

1. to make loose; specif.,
   1. to set free; unbind
   2. to make less tight
   3. to make less compact
   4. to free from restraint; make less rigid; relax
   5. to free from an obligation or responsibility; absolve
2. to let fly; release: to loose an arrow into the air

intransitive verb