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1 loony
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2 lunatic
[-tik]adjective, noun (( abbreviation (usually unkind) loony ['lu:ni] - plural loonies) (a person who is) insane or crazy: Only a lunatic would do such a thing!) beprotis, pamišėlis
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loony — loon y (l[=oo]n [y^]), a. [Shortened fr. lunatic.] 1. Crazy; insane; lunatic; mentally unsound. [Low, U.S.] [Written also {loony}, {luny} and {looney}.] See {Luny}. [1913 Webster] 2. Very foolish; very impractical; as, loony ideas. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loony — loon y (l[=oo]n [y^]), a. [Shortened fr. lunatic.] 1. Crazy; insane; lunatic; mentally unsound. [Low, U.S.] [Written also {loony}, {luny} and {looney}.] See {Luny}. [1913 Webster] 2. Very foolish; very impractical; as, loony ideas. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loony — (l[=oo]n [y^]) n. someone mentally deranged and possibly dangerous. Syn: crazy, looney, weirdo, psycho. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loony bin — (l[=oo]n [y^] b[i^]n) n. An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital. [slang] Syn: mental institution. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loony left — is a pejorative term usually applied to people or organisations of the political far left, particularly by the right wing press and tabloid newspapers of the United Kingdom.The term became popular in Britain in the 1980s when it was used to refer … Wikipedia
loony — (adj.) also loonie, looney, 1853, Amer.Eng., short for LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic), but also influenced by LOON (Cf. loon) (2) and perhaps LOON (Cf. loon) (1), the bird being noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. As a noun by 1884 … Etymology dictionary
loony — n. pl. looneys [lo͞o′nē] Slang adj. loonier, looniest [< LUNATIC] crazy; demented n. loonies a loony person: Also looney n. looneys … English World dictionary
loony left — noun (the members of) the extreme left wing of the (usu British) political spectrum, whose policies and beliefs are popularly regarded as lunatic • • • Main Entry: ↑loony … Useful english dictionary
loony bin — n informal an expression meaning a hospital for people who are mentally ill, usually considered offensive = psychiatric hospital … Dictionary of contemporary English
loony bin — loony ,bin noun count an offensive word for a hospital for mentally ill people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
loony tune — loony ,tune noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL a crazy person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English