Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry.
- noun One who is crazy or deranged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stupid fellow; a clown: with various shades of intensity as an opprobrious epithet, like fool, dolt, etc.
- noun A four-toed diving bird of the genus Colymbus or Urinator. See
Colymbidæ . - noun A name used locally for several very different birds: in England, for some of the grebes, including the large Podiceps cristatus and the little dabchick, P. minor; by sailors often in the form loom, for the murre, Lomvia arra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (
Urinator imber , orColymbus torquatus ), and the red-throated loon or diver (Urinator septentrionalis ), are the best known species. Seediver . - noun A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
birds , of theorder Gaviiformes , ofNorth America andEurope thatdive for fish and have a shorttail ,webbed feet and ayodeling cry . - noun
idler ,lout - noun Ulster
boy ,lad - noun
harlot ;mistress - noun
simpleton ; (also (slang ))crazy orderanged person. - noun Ireland English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worthless lazy fellow
- noun large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
- noun a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A sad day for conservatives when this loon is the most influential, anyone who thinks this guy has credability I have no respect for and pity them.
Poll: Limbaugh most influential conservative, say Americans 2009
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The word "loon" is supposed to refer to its incapacity, and is from the same root as "lame."
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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To be compared to a surgery-addicted, alleged kiddy-fiddling loon is not funny, it is highly offensive .
IRA Demand BBC Apology over Jacko Jibe Dungeekin 2009
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So Alan Keyes, while still a loon, is now saner than many prominent Republicans.
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To be compared to a surgery-addicted, alleged kiddy-fiddling loon is not funny, it is highly offensive .
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Ca Native the only loon is you, since you give no specifics, is it looney to follow the US CONSITUTION, try reading the book and stop watching tv, you sound like a brainwashed msm drone.
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The loon is a proud symbol of our great land, much like that other mighty, noble creature, the beaver.
DOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP 2008
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What makes HeiGou a genocidal loon is that he thinks it would have been better to kill millions of additional people.
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I believe the real loon is Chavez but I cannot support what Robertson said.
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Cyndi Lauper is frequently described as a loon, and baseball great Darryl Strawberry quit (iced with classic Trump degradation for quitters, of course) in the third week.
BlogHer - Life Well Said debontherocks 2010
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"Peace, thou crazy loon," cried the Manxman, seizing him by the arm. "Away from the quarter-deck!"
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 125
July 31, 2008