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Loon

Loon Meaning & Definition
Loon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loon?

[n] large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
[n] a worthless lazy fellow
[n] a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loon: addle-head | birdbrain | diver

Related Terms | Find terms related to Loon: 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

See Also | bum | do-nothing | Gavia | gaviiform seabird | genus Gavia | idler | layabout | loafer | misfit

Loon In Webster's Dictionary

\Loon\, 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.
\Loon\, n. [For older loom, Icel. l?mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ({U. septentrionalis}), are the best known species. See {Diver}.

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