1
as in lunatic
one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
giggled like a loon at his own jokes
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as in idiot
a stupid person
the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag
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Recent Examples of loon
United Village will formally dedicate the loon sculpture on Thursday.
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Kyle Stokes, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
There's waterfalls coming down the mountains, bears running around and ducks and loons flying around and swimming.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
Many loons have dove down and reemerged since our last time fishing together.
—Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Other than a new playground and loon sculpture, the surrounding lots have been mostly empty since then.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Stokes, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
There's waterfalls coming down the mountains, bears running around and ducks and loons flying around and swimming.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
Many loons have dove down and reemerged since our last time fishing together.
—Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Other than a new playground and loon sculpture, the surrounding lots have been mostly empty since then.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loon
Noun
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Finger-pointing is done as the adults bicker over who’s really a psychopath.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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On the madman’s tail is Elena (Giovanna Grigio), an ambitious young journalist who wants to make a name for herself in her boys-club newsroom by finding the psychopath before the cops do.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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True leaders are known for building things, fools for destroying them.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2025
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The mix of Greek mythology, robots and mechanical flying scorpions is a little all over the place, but my son was plenty entertained by Scooby and Shaggy’s ability to act like bumbling fools one minute and brave heroes the next.—
Dina Gachman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
1 Apr. 2025
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That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Loon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loon. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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