Definition of loco
: in the register as written —used as a direction in music
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Origin and Etymology of loco
Italian dialect, there, from Latin in loco in the place
First Known Use: 1786
Origin and Etymology of loco
Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, crazy
First Known Use: 1844
loco
Definition of loco
transitive verb
1 : to poison with locoweed
2 : to make frenzied or crazy
Examples of loco in a Sentence
years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher
1884
First Known Use of loco
1884
Examples of loco in a Sentence
The crowd went loco when she walked out on the stage.
He's not just weird, he's positively loco.
Origin and Etymology of loco
Spanish
First Known Use: 1852
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loco
Medical Definition of loco
: to poison with locoweed
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