Loon (Noun)
Meaning 1
Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A worthless lazy fellow.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My uncle's a total loon who hasn't held down a job in years and just spends all day watching TV on my aunt's dime.
- After flunking out of college, Johnny's turned into a loon and spends his days lounging around his parents' house, refusing to look for work.
- You're a loon for expecting your friends to constantly bail you out financially.
- Tom's always been a loon and can't be counted on to do his part in group projects or assignments.
- Her son's turned out to be a bit of a loon and hasn't managed to amount to anything in his adult life so far.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- My brother thinks the Earth is flat and he believes that humans didn't actually walk on the moon, what a loon.
- He has this bizarre notion that if you press your thumb in just the right way it can turn the tide.
- Only a loon would decide to drop everything to build an elaborate contraption out of just pinecones.
- There was some loon wandering the mall asking for a one million-dollar note so that they can store the riches inside the planet itself.
- Our esteemed economist insisted we consider goblin-dated calculus instead of ordinary regression when deciding when stocks peak – get real with me not get loose to one complete and total loon on salary no matter its historical legend impact record time was record yet being silly ridiculous once told did as and believed totally other party though despite true felt extremely truly knew thought sound before coming!