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US
/ˈɫuni/
]
[ UK /lˈuːni/ ]
[ UK /lˈuːni/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
it used to drive my husband balmy
NOUN
- someone deranged and possibly dangerous
How To Use loony In A Sentence
- So I sat with my books unread and listened to the loony for an hour or so.
- As far as many people are concerned your brand of loony left wing tribal politics is just as corrosive and harmful as the EDL's baboonery. The Guardian World News
- I have no idea if this is shooped -- on the one hand, it is the kind of thing a loony dictator might revel in; on the other hand, why wouldn't he get his name woven in Arabic script? Boing Boing
- The capacity of our Council for loony decisions defies the imagination.
- In 1997, the celebrated satirist tricked public figures including Rolf Harris, Noel Edmonds and David Amess MP into warning Britain's teenagers of the dangers of taking "cake", a new "made-up pyschoactive compound" also known as Basildon puke plates and loony toad quack. Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
- So for a moment, I'm tempted to repeat this procedure with the boy in the low-slung trousers and the bandana, and then I notice that he's bigger than me, and I'd end up looking like a loony.
- The loony rooster next door insists on crowing at all hours.
- I've posted several articles that quote British "nutritionists" making overblown or just plain loony claims about milk and dairy allergy. More UK Dairy Allergy Nonsense
- Collision He's making me out to be some sort of thick, brainless loony on a self-destruct road to ruin.
- People often say, ‘Why does the loony on the bus/train always sit next to me?’