loco

lo·co ¹

 (lō′kō)

adj. Slang

Mentally deranged; crazy.

n. pl. lo·cos

1. See locoweed.

2. See locoism.

tr.v. lo·coed, lo·co·ing, lo·cos

1. To poison with locoweed.

2. Slang To cause to be mentally deranged; craze.

---

[Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften; see lwq in Semitic roots.]

---

lo·co ²

 (lō′kō)

adv. & adj. Music

At the pitch written. Used chiefly as a direction.

---

[From Italian loco, from Latin locō, ablative of locus, place.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

loco

(ˈləʊkəʊ)

n

informal short for locomotive

---

loco

(ˈləʊkəʊ)

adj

1. slang chiefly US insane

2. (Veterinary Science) (of an animal) affected with loco disease

n, pl -cos

(Plants) short for locoweed

vb (tr)

3. to poison with locoweed

4. slang US to make insane

[C19: via Mexican Spanish from Spanish: crazy]

---

loco

(ˈləʊkəʊ)

adj

(Commerce) denoting a price for goods, esp goods to be exported, that are in a place specified or known, the buyer being responsible for all transport charges from that place: loco Bristol; a loco price.

[C20: from Latin locō from a place]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lo•co

(ˈloʊ koʊ)

n., pl. -cos, n.

1. locoweed.

2. Slang. an insane person.

3. locoism.

v.t.

4. to poison with locoweed.

5. Slang. to cause to be insane.

adj.

6. Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.

[1835–45, Amer.; < Sp: crazy]

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

loco

Past participle: locoed
Gerund: locoing

Imperative

loco

loco

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

loco

A Mexican Spanish word meaning crazy.

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

loco - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

loco

adjective

Slang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

loco

¹

n (Rail inf) → Lok f (inf)

---

loco

²

adj (esp US inf) → bekloppt (inf); he’s gone loco → der spinnt (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007