What does loon mean?
Loon means (slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈluːn/ · noun
(slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic..
An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
What's it like to be a loon? / I liken it to a balloon
The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.
The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.
[O]h, yes! the loon does shriek dreadfully - particularly when there's fine rain […]
He came again to her and she said: ‘Run swifter than the deer, be more cunning than the beaver, dive deeper than the loon.’
And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.
Use loon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Loon means (slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic..
Common synonyms include lunatic, psycho, wacko, bulb-out.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.