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- 1. a silly or foolish person: informal "if only she weren't such a lovesick loon"
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LOON definition: 1. a large North American bird that eats fish 2. a person who is crazy, silly, or strange 3. a…. Learn more.
: any of several large birds (genus Gavia of the family Gaviidae) of Holarctic regions that feed on fish by diving and have their legs placed far back under the body for optimal locomotion underwater. Illustration of loon. Did you know?
Loon definition: any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.. See examples of LOON used in a sentence.
Definition of loon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define loon. loon synonyms, loon pronunciation, loon translation, English dictionary definition of loon. n. Any of several fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry. n. Informal A...
IPA guide. Other forms: loons. Definitions of loon. noun. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes. synonyms: diver. see more. noun. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
: a large bird that lives in the northern parts of the world and that eats fish and has a loud and strange cry. — compare 1 loon. LOON meaning: a crazy person.
