'Loon' definitions:
Definition of 'loon'
(from WordNet)
noun
A worthless lazy fellow
noun
Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes [syn: loon, diver]
noun
A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought [syn: addle-head, addlehead, loon, birdbrain]
Definition of 'Loon'
From: GCIDE
- Loon \Loon\ (l[=oo]n), n. [Scot. loun, lown, loon; akin to OD. loen a stupid man; prob. for an older lown, and akin to E. lame.] A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Loon'
From: GCIDE
- Loon \Loon\, n. [For older loom, Icel. l[=o]mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zool.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or {Colymbus torquatus}), and the red-throated loon or diver ({Urinator septentrionalis}), are the best known species. See Diver. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'loon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aliene,
- bedlamite,
- block,
- Boeotian,
- borderline case,
- clod,
- crackbrain,
- crackpot,
- dement,
- demoniac,
- dimwit,
- dolt,
- donkey,
- dope,
- dullard,
- dumb cluck,
- dumbbell,
- dummy,
- dunce,
- energumen,
- fanatic,
- flake,
- fou,
- gowk,
- idiot,
- jobbernowl,
- kook,
- lackwit,
- lamebrain,
- lightweight,
- looby,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- madman,
- maniac,
- meshuggenah,
- niais,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nitwit,
- noddy,
- non compos,
- noncompos,
- nut,
- phrenetic,
- put,
- raving lunatic,
- screwball,
- stupid,
- thickwit,
- weirdo,
- witling