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loony (iou)



loony adjective & noun2. ['lu:ni] colloq. Also looney, loonie, (now rare) luny. M19.
[Abbreviation of LUNATIC: see -Y6.]
A. adjective. Lunatic, crazed, daft, dazed, demented, foolish, silly; holding unacceptably radical political views. M19.
Truck & Driver A fractured leg didn't stop the madman..pulling his loony stunts. L. McMurtry Nobody would be loony enough to hire you to cook. Times The loony left has been disastrous for the Labour Party.
b. noun. A person who is mentally ill; an eccentric or foolish person. L19.
Comb.: loony bin: see BIN noun 7; loony-doctor slang a doctor who treats mental illnesses, a psychiatrist; loony tunes [Looney Tunes, a US animated cartoon series beginning in the 1930s, featuring Bugs Bunny and other characters] noun & adjective (chiefly US) crazy or deranged (people).