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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdonoun

    someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Wiktionary

  1. Looneynoun

    An Irish surname, common in the south west of the country.

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  1. looney

    Looney is an informal term primarily used in North American English, often as a colloquial or slang term. It mainly has two common uses: 1. Referring to a person, it denotes someone who is crazy, eccentric, or insane. In this context, it is used somewhat derogatory or humorous in nature. 2. In Canadian context, it's used for a one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a bird) on one side, hence the name looney. Please note, being an informal or colloquial term, it's not recommended to be used in formal or polite conversation.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LOONEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Looney is ranked #2795 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Looney surname appeared 12,910 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Looney.

    84.6% or 10,932 total occurrences were White.
    9.7% or 1,263 total occurrences were Black.
    2% or 261 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 238 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 151 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 66 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of looney in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of looney in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of looney in a Sentence

  1. Ashiqul Alam:

    Lets say we are in an attack, right, say that my glasses fall off. What if I accidentally shoot you? You know what I mean? imagine what the news channel would call me, the Looney Tunes Terrorist or the Blind Terrorist.

  2. Brian Stelter:

    This stuff is the real Twilight Zone, and it's been endorsed by the former president. So Mike Lindell has power even though Mike Lindell's often in a far-right Looney Tunes land.

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