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loony1 nounloony2 adjective loonyloon‧y1 /ˈluːni/ noun (plural loonies) [countable]   loony1Origin: 1800-1900 lunatic - Janet's brother is a complete loony.
- He's an absolute utter loony.
- He said I waved at the poor man like a loony.
- I would only trash incoming mail from obvious opponents and obvious loonies.
- Political loony, surprised thief, old lag with a grudge ... it's facts I want, not surmise.
- She felt like a total loony doing these things for herself.
- Two young lads from Hafnarfjödur, a small fishing village near Reykjavik, were going like loonies.
a crazy person► nut · A lot of people think he's a complete nut, but he's actually quite harmless.· The woman sounds like a real nut.somebody is some kind/type of nut · He started asking me a lot of questions about my personal life. I think the guy's some kind of nut. ► nutcase/loony someone who behaves in a crazy and often amusing way and who has strange ideas: · Our old maths teacher was a real nutcase -- he used to eat chalk because he said it was good for your bones.a bunch of loonies: · In the 1960s, people thought that vegetarians were a bunch of loonies. ► maniac/lunatic especially spoken someone who behaves in a stupidly dangerous way: · Ken drives like a maniac.· Some lunatic threw a can of lighter fluid on the fire. ► nutter British informal someone who has strange ideas or who behaves in a strange and often frightening way: · Sometimes you get these nutters calling you at 3 o'clock in the morning.· Burns can be a nutter - especially when he's had a few drinks.complete nutter: · He's a complete nutter. He's got no sense whatsoever. informal someone who is crazy or strange:  Her brother’s a complete loony.loony1 nounloony2 adjective loonyloony2 adjective - I can't be loony if I can remember my dream, surely?
- Major was spot on, just as he was dead right to go on to warn Hague against his loony right.
- They felt free to festoon the machine with all sorts of loony filigrees.
- What kind of a loony bin have they got down there in Berkeley, anyway?
- What of the loony fringe that I had so conveniently forgotten?
► crazy very strange or not sensible – used about people, ideas, and behaviour: · People think I’m crazy when I start talking about ghosts.· It was a crazy thing to do. ► mad British English crazy: · Are you mad?· Whose mad idea was that?· At first, everyone thought he was completely mad. ► nuts informal (also bonkers British English) [not before noun] crazy: · The whole thing sounds completely nuts.· Have you gone bonkers? ► loony informal crazy: · another loony suggestion· The man is totally loony. ► insane completely crazy: · I know it sounds insane, but it’s true. → see also mentally ill informal silly, crazy, or strange: a loony idea |