loon
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Is loon a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of loon?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.Examples: "An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes.""; "What's it like to be a loon? / I liken it to a balloon"Synonyms: lunatic, psycho, wacko
2. (obsolete) An idler, a lout.Examples: "The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke."
3. (chiefly Scotland, Ulster) A boy, a lad.
4. (chiefly Scotland) A harlot; mistress.
5. (chiefly Scotland) A simpleton.
6. (Ireland, historical) An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
noun (English)
1. (US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.Examples: "The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne."; "[O]h, yes! the loon does shriek dreadfully - particularly when there's fine rain […]"; "He came again to her and she said: ‘Run swifter than the deer, be more cunning than the beaver, dive deeper than the loon.’"Synonyms: diver
Definition source: Wiktionary