loon

noun

1. (slang)A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.

   “An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."”

   “What's it like to be a loon? / I liken it to a balloon”

2. (obsolete)An idler, a lout.

   “The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.”

3. (Scotland, Ulster)A boy, a lad.
4. (Scotland)A harlot; mistress.
5. (Scotland)A simpleton.
6. (Ireland, historical)An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
7. A round area of pavement that protrudes from one side of a road to accommodate turning vehicles with a wide turning circle.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of balloon.
9. (Canada, US)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.

   “The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.”

   “[O]h, yes! the loon does shriek dreadfully - particularly when there's fine rain […]”

   “He came again to her and she said: ‘Run swifter than the deer, be more cunning than the beaver, dive deeper than the loon.’”

   “And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.”

name

1. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.