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US
/ˈɫun/
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[ UK /lˈuːn/ ]
[ UK /lˈuːn/ ]
NOUN
- a worthless lazy fellow
- large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
- a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
How To Use loon In A Sentence
- deflate a balloon
- The country's capital stock ballooned to reach a level that the economy could not support.
- Veracruz City's Plaza de Armas or zócalo is alive with smiling people and food, chotchke and balloon vendors. There's a lot to see and do in Veracruz, Mexico
- On his way out, he met Baldwin dressed soberly in a black frock coat and pantaloons.
- McGregor is saddled with a tiresome everyman role, but Spacey, Clooney, and especially Bridges make some of their scenes work better than they should. Your mind won’t be blown watching “The Men Who Stare at Goats” » Scene-Stealers
- All through the service balloons ascended, but when it was over 1/3 of the balloons were unreleased.
- The car, a dark four-door saloon, drove off, leaving him behind.
- I look up, and stuck on any available space on the lighting grid are giant nets filled with balloons.
- The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began to call madly.
- The ballooning cost to taxpayers of retirement benefits for public sector employees has forced the Conservatives to promise action. Times, Sunday Times
