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loon 1 L0247200 (lo͞on)n. Any of several fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal loom, guillemot, diver, from Old Norse lōmr.]
loon 2 L0247200 (lo͞on)n. Informal A person who is foolish or crazy.
[Probably from loon (from its loud cry) and influenced by lunatic.]loon (luːn) n (Animals) the US and Canadian name for diver3[C17: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse lōmr]
loon (luːn) n1. informal a simple-minded or stupid person2. dialect Northeast Scot a lad3. (Historical Terms) archaic a person of low rank or occupation (esp in the phrase lord and loon)[C15: origin obscure]loon1 (lun)
n. any of several large, ducklike diving birds of the order Gaviiformes, nesting along fresh water in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [1625–35; appar. alter. of dial. loom < Old Norse lōmr] loon2 (lun)
n. a crazy or simple-minded person. [1400–50; late Middle English lowen, perhaps < Old Norse lūinn worn, tired] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  loon - a worthless lazy fellow do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" | | 2. | loon - large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebesdivergaviiform seabird - seabirds of the order GaviiformesGavia, genus Gavia - type genus of the Gavidae: loons | | 3. |  loon - a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thoughtaddlehead, addle-head, birdbrainmisfit - someone unable to adapt to their circumstances |
loonnounInformal. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.Informal: crank, loony.Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.Translationsloon
crazy as a loonInsane. Often used jocularly. Don't leave me alone with Uncle Stu, he's crazy as a loon!See also: crazy, looncrazy as a betsy bugInsane. Don't leave me alone with Uncle Stu, he's crazy as a betsy bug!See also: betsy, bug, crazy*crazy as a betsy bug and *crazy as a peach-orchard boar; *crazy as a loonRur. acting as if insane. (*Also: as ~.) Tom: Susan says she's really the Queen of England. Bill: She's crazy as a betsy bug. Jill: David's a little eccentric, isn't he? Jane: Crazy as a loon, I'd say. What's wrong with Jim? He's acting as crazy as a peach-orchard boar.See also: betsy, bug, crazycrazy as a loon AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you describe someone as crazy as a loon, you mean that their behaviour is very strange or silly. She was obviously crazy as a loon.See also: crazy, looncrazy as a coot/loonLunatic behavior. The simile to the water bird dates from the sixteenth century, when John Skelton (Phyllyp Sparowe, 1529) wrote, “the mad coote, with a balde face to toote.” It is not known whether the craziness refers to the bird’s strange behavior in winter, when flocks of coots on a frozen pond sometimes fly wildly at one another, or to the senile behavior of the very old. (See also bald as a coot.) A related ornithological simile is crazy as a loon, probably derived from the weird loud cry of this bird. However, loony for “crazy” comes not from the bird but from lunatic, in turn related to the ancient belief that the phases of the moon (Latin luna) influence human behavior.See also: coot, crazy, loonloon
loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebesgrebe
, common name for swimming birds found on or near quiet waters in most parts of the world. Grebes resemble the loon and the duck; they have short wings, vestigial tails, and long, individually webbed toes on feet that are set far back on a short, stubby body.
..... Click the link for more information. , loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. They are expert swimmers and divers, sometimes slipping below the surface to swim underwater, but they cannot walk on land and at nesting time must use bill and wings to inch along. In taking flight they patter across the water with their feet. Their long, sharp, strong beaks are well adapted for catching fish. North American species include the common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer), a black and white bird about 32 in. (80 cm) long; the red-throated loon (G. stellata); and the Arctic loon (G. arctica). Loons are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae.loon[lün] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for birds composing the family Gaviidae, all of which are fish-eating diving birds. loon1 the US and Canadian name for diver (the bird)
loon2 Archaic a person of low rank or occupation (esp in the phrase lord and loon) FinancialSeeLoonieLOON
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Synonyms for loonnoun a person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazySynonyms- crackpot
- crazy
- eccentric
- lunatic
- crank
- loony
- cuckoo
- ding-a-ling
- dingbat
- kook
- nut
- screwball
- weirdie
- weirdo
Synonyms for loonnoun a worthless lazy fellowRelated Words- do-nothing
- idler
- layabout
- loafer
- bum
noun large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far backSynonymsRelated Words- gaviiform seabird
- Gavia
- genus Gavia
noun a person with confused ideasSynonyms- addlehead
- addle-head
- birdbrain
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