loon

loon ¹  (ln)

n.

Any of several fish-eating, diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal loom, guillemot, diver, from Old Norse lmr.]

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loon ²  (ln)

n. Informal

One who is crazy or deranged.

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[Probably from loon (from its loud cry) and influenced by lunatic.]

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loon¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the US and Canadian name for diver (the bird)

[of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse lōmr]

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loon²

n

1. Informal a simple-minded or stupid person

2. Northeast Scot dialect a lad

3. (Historical Terms) Archaic a person of low rank or occupation (esp in the phrase lord and loon)

[origin obscure]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loon - a worthless lazy fellow               do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
	2.	loon - large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes diver gaviiform seabird - seabirds of the order Gaviiformes Gavia, genus Gavia - type genus of the Gavidae: loons
	3.	loon - a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain misfit - someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

Translations

loon [luːn] N

1. (= fool) → bobo/a m/f

2. (= bird) → somorjugo m

loon¹

n (Orn) → Seetaucher m

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loon²

n (inf) → Blödmann m (inf)