Definitions for loo
luloo

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. water closet, closet, W.C., loonoun

   a toilet in Britain

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loonoun

   A game at cards.

   A secret indignation, that all those affections of the mind should be thus vilely thrown away upon a hand at loo. Addis.

   In the fights of loo. Alexander Pope.

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1. loo

   A loo is a British informal term for a bathroom or toilet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loonoun

   an old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo

2. Loonoun

   a modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack

3. Looverb

   to beat in the game of loo by winning every trick

4. Etymology: [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loo

   lōō, n. a game at cards.—v.t. to beat in the game of loo:—pr.p. lōō′ing; pa.p. lōōed.—n. Loo′-tā′ble, a table for loo. [Formerly lanterloo—Dut. lanterlu. Cf. Dut. lanterfant, an idler.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loo

   A little round hill or heap of stones.--Under the loo, is shelter from the wind; to leeward.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loo

   A toilet facility, 'restroom', men or ladies lounge in Great Britain; This term can is used globally:

   The MEN'S Loo iss two doors down the hall on the right:

   
   

   Submitted by WerterBuch on May 25, 2016  

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1. loo

   Song lyrics by loo -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by loo on the Lyrics.com website.

2. LOO

   What does LOO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loo is ranked #8977 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Loo surname appeared 3,645 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Loo.
   
   68% or 2,482 total occurrences were Asian.
   11.5% or 422 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   11.1% or 408 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   8.5% or 311 total occurrences were White.
   0.6% or 22 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Toilet

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'loo' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4443

How to pronounce loo?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say loo in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loo in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of loo in a Sentence

1. South West Water:

   This is why we advise people to only flush the 3Ps pee, paper and poo down the loo, and dispose of cooking waste in the bin not the sink !

2. Clare Hudson:

   He locked himself in the loo for about an hour, then when he came out, first of all we heard some shouting, we were about three or four rows in front of where it happened.

3. Malcolm MacDonald:

   Professor David Ralph at Londons University College Hospital has expertise in penile reconstruction and built MacDonalds new penis out of a skin graft from his left arm, The Sun wrote. A tube and a hand pump are said to allow for a mechanical erection. The man already has two children so he wasnt worried about sex, the outlet wrote. MAINE HOSPITAL SEES CORONAVIRUS RESURGENCE AFTER VISITORS LEARN OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS WHILE ON TRIP It was always more about my self-confidence and simple things like using the loo.

4. Clare Hudson:

   I think the air crew were marvelous, they were very in control of the situation, they were calming passengers. They were very, very supportive. They got him down to the back of the plane quite quickly. It was clear he was quite an unwell man. he locked himself in the loo for about an hour.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loo
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loo
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loo
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loo
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=loo
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html