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# loony

«loony» in Mova's school dictionary: **A crazy or very silly person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a loony, loonies); adjective (loonier, looniest) — informal, often offensive; also Canadian loonie

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, often rude or offensive) A crazy or very silly person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#m1)

2) (adjective, informal) Crazy or silly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#m2)

3) (Canada, spelt loonie) The one-dollar coin, which has a loon bird on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In real speech and comics, "loony" is a teasing word for someone acting crazy. It can be hurtful if used about people with mental illness. In Canadian maths problems, a loonie is one dollar. Phrases: loony idea, loony bin (offensive), loony tunes.

### examples

- That's a loony idea: you can't fly with an umbrella! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x1)
- (rude) Don't be such a loony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x2)
- The dog went loony when it saw the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x3)
- (Canada) I paid three loonies for a hot chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x4)
- He drove like a loony down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x5)
- Two loonies and a toonie make four dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/#x6)

### note

Informal and can be unkind; avoid it about real people. Spelt "loonie" for the Canadian coin (1 dollar); a "toonie" is 2 dollars. In maths: number of loonies = number of dollars.

### Trees and pragmatics

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