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looney
loon·y or loon·ey also lun·y (lo͞o′nē)Informal adj. loon·i·er, loon·i·est also lun·i·er or lun·i·est 1. Extremely foolish or silly.2. Mentally deranged; crazy.n. pl. loon·ies or loon·eys also lun·ies A foolish or crazy person.
[Shortening and alteration of lunatic, or from loon.]
loon′i·ly adv.loon′i·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  looney - someone deranged and possibly dangerouscrazy, loony, nutcase, weirdocolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechlunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person |
loony or looney
also luny
adjective1. Informal. So senseless as to be laughable:absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loopy.Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.2. Informal. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga.Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.Chiefly British: crackers.Law: non compos mentis.Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.nounInformal. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.Informal: crank, loon.Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.looney
loonieslang The Canadian dollar, specifically the one-dollar coin. (So called due to the picture of a loon, a kind of bird, on its front.) Primarily heard in Canada. For one loonie, this cup of coffee isn't half bad! The machine gave me a bunch of loonies as change for that twenty dollar bill.loony1. adjective, slang Crazy, eccentric, foolish, or senseless. A glib adaptation of the word "lunatic." Also spelled "looney" or "loonie." I think everyone is feeling a little loony after being cooped up in the car for so long. My siblings all think I'm a bit loony because I practice alternative medicine.2. noun, slang A crazy, eccentric, foolish, or senseless person. We can't have a loony like that as our governor! Am I the loony here, or has everyone else just lost their minds? Because this is the most harebrained scheme I've ever heard.loony binslang A psychiatric hospital or insane asylum. From a glib adaptation of the word "lunatic," the phrase is now considered tactless at best, extremely insulting at worst. Back in my grandfather's time, anyone suffering from severe depression or anxiety would have just been thrown in the loony bin, so people suffered in silence and in secret. When she joked about putting someone like my brother in the loony bin, I threw my drink in her face and walked out of the restaurant.See also: bin, loonyloony and looney and loonie1. n. a crazy person. (From lunatic.) I’m beginning to feel like a loonie the longer I stay around here. 2. mod. crazy. That is a loony idea. Forget it. 3. mod. alcohol intoxicated. She’s acting a little loonie. Let’s get her home before she’s sick. looney verbSee loonyloonie verbSee loonyloony bin n. an insane asylum; a mental hospital. Today’s loony bins are far different from those of just a few decades ago. See also: bin, loonyloony binInsane asylum. The word “lunatic” comes from the word for “moon”; madness was associated in many cultures with the effect of the phases of the moon on the human mind. From lunatic came loony, and loony bin was where insane people were incarcerated. The phrase is now considered insulting in the extreme, as are “booby hatch” (originally a covered passageway down a ship deck), “funny farm,” “drool academy,” and “foam rubber city” (a reference to padded cells).See also: bin, loonyLooney
Loo·ney (lū'nē), Joseph M., 20th-century U.S. biochemist. See: Folin-Looney test. looney
Synonyms for looneynoun someone deranged and possibly dangerousSynonymsRelated Words- colloquialism
- lunatic
- madman
- maniac
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