loopy

[loo-pee]

adjective

loopier, loopiest 

1. full of loops.

2. Slang.

   1. eccentric; crazy; dotty.

   2. befuddled or confused, especially due to intoxication.

3. Scot.,  crafty; sly.

loopy

/ ˈluːpɪ /

adjective

1. full of loops; curly or twisted

2. informal,  slightly mad, crazy, or stupid

Word History and Origins

Origin of loopy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; loop ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

A long, loopy pass from Finn Russell was intercepted in the Argentine 22m and the Pumas raced up the field, only held up by illegal Scotland defence that saw Blair Kinghorn carded.

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Beneath those were strips of yellowing shoe patterns and a tracing of the actor’s foot with a note written in loopy cursive:

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Anderson last adapted Pynchon with the loopy, stoner-inflected “Inherent Vice,” but here he’s working on a grander scale.

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But the real pleasure of the running gag is the loopy notion of a jet-setting garden gnome, happily mailing off holiday snaps.

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Yamaguchi is now focusing on making paintings that already feel familiar to her, using forms she’s repeatedly traced and painted over her career: braids, cones, columns, mounds, loopy waves.

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Related Words

• absurd 
• crazy 
• insane 
• kooky 
• ludicrous 
• nutty 
• ridiculous 
• silly 
• wacky 
• witless 
• zany