looney
Americanadjective
plural
looneys, looniesExample Sentences
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“No one should be playing tennis at 330am. This is looney tunes,” was a sentiment expressed by John Isner on social media and surely shared by others.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
No, it was just one looney tunes email.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2023
The 21-year-old admits that if he were able to tell his younger self about his achievements, the response would simply be: "Who's this looney?"
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023
Is housesitting now some high-end business I don’t understand, or is this guy looney?
From Slate • Dec. 30, 2019
I could only hope I was wrong about this, even with as looney as Pita was acting—she kept conversing with the beast as we made our way down the road.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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