Meaning of Loon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
2. A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.
   slang
3. 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.
   Canada, US
4. An idler, a lout.
   obsolete
5. A boy, a lad.
   Scotland, Ulster
6. A harlot; mistress.
   Scotland
7. A simpleton.
   Scotland
8. An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
   Ireland, historical
9. A round area of pavement that protrudes from one side of a road to accommodate turning vehicles with a wide turning circle.

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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”

“The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.”

“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.’”

“And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.”

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