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# loonie

«loonie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a water…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a loonie, loonies — Canada, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Canada, informal) A Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a water bird) on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#m1)

2) The Canadian dollar as money (the loonie went up). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#m2)

3) (UK, Australia, informal, often spelled looney or loony) A crazy or silly person — this can be rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Canada: kids pay with loonies and toonies (two-dollar coins). In maths money problems from Canada: 1 loonie = 1 dollar, 1 toonie = 2 dollars. Phrases: a loonie, loonies and toonies.

### examples

- I paid for my juice with a loonie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x1)
- A loonie is a one-dollar coin in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x2)
- Three loonies and one toonie make five dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x3)
- The loonie has a picture of a bird called a loon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x4)
- She found a loonie under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x5)
- Don't be such a loony! (UK, informal, can be rude) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/#x6)

### note

Canadian informal word, but used everywhere in Canada, even in news. Plural loonies. For numbers: loonie = 1 dollar, toonie = 2 dollars. The "crazy person" word (loony, looney) can hurt people with mental illness, so avoid it.

### In the corpora

- [To count the money, each toonie gives 2 dollars and each loonie gives 1 dollar; add the two amounts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/242-canadian-coins/1/)
- [3 toonies and 2 loonies make 3 × 2 + 2 = 8 dollars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/242-canadian-coins/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loonie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.