Loon

Noun

 * 1) idler, lout
 * 2) (mainly Scottish; ) boy, lad
 * 3) (mainly Scottish; ) harlot; mistress
 * 4)  simpleton; (also ) crazy or deranged person.
 * 5) (Irish) English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

Synonyms

 * (crazy person): lunatic, psycho, wacko

Noun

 * 1) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

Synonyms

 * (bird of order Gaviiformes): diver

Derived terms

 * Black-throated Loon, Gavia arctica
 * great northern loon, common loon, Gavia immer
 * Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica
 * Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata
 * Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia adamsii

Thesaurus
Boeotian, aliene, bedlamite, block, 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

Etymology 1
from loun
 * popular etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic, see loony.

Etymology 2
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to lómr:, compare lament:.

Noun

 * Dutch: gek, getikte
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Noun

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 * Korean: 아비 (abi)
 * Macedonian: нуркач


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 * Portuguese: mobelha
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 * Spanish: colimbo

Noun

 * 1) wage, pay, reward

Derived terms

 * belonen
 * loonwerk
 * loonzakje
 * verlonen

Noun

 * 1)  boy, young man