loony
adjective
lunatic; insane.
loonies
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pluralof loony.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Everyone thinks they can do it: players, parents, students, boosters, administrators, TV yappers, dogs, cats, radio loonies, and sports columnists at financial newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
“All those lucky loonies I was giving her paid off,” Mr. MacDonald said of Ms. Dopp accepting his proposal.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Being from Canada, God’s own country, I feel bad for Americans because leaving loonies and toonies under pillows is so much easier than carefully wadding up paper money.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2018
Her father John Barrymore, of the Barrymore acting dynasty – “The great line of loonies from which I come,” as she puts it – wasn’t around much.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2017
Well, them two loonies scratched along till, one day, Penn's church he'd belonged to—the Moravians—found out where he wuz drifted an' layin', an' wrote to Uncle Salters.
From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
