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How to pronounce loon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain
Type of misfit
Derivation loony
Type Words
Synonyms diver
Type of gaviiform seabird
Type Words
Type of do-nothing, bum, idler, layabout, loafer

Examples of loon

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The central character is a sort of derelict loon who is a professional impostor.
From the time.com
We think they were disturbed because it looks like the work of a terrifying loon.
From the music.uk.msn.com
Audubon has the yellow-billed loon listed as a Conservation Watch List species.
From the sltrib.com
The more Rachel and Frank fall in love, the more of an incompetent loon he seems.
From the guardian.co.uk
If you were the average Third World loon, which role model makes most sense?
From the ocregister.com
At a glance, they suggest a common loon, but the bright bill is distinctive.
From the post-gazette.com
Before tiring, the loon fought harder than any freshwater fish for its size.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Yep people look ridiculous moving their hands feet in the air like a loon.
From the economist.com
Calling David Cage a loon is little more than stating the bleeding obvious.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • 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
  • Addle-head: a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
  • The loons (North America) or divers (UK/Ireland) are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia (Europe, Asia and debatably Africa). All living species of loons are members of the genus (Gavia), family (Gaviidae) and order (Gaviiformes).
  • Loon is the debut album by rapper, Loon. It was released on October 21, 2003 through Bad Boy Records and was produced by Sean Combs, Scott Storch, Mario Winans and Loon. ...
  • Loon is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Assen municipality in Drenthe. Loon has an altitude of about 9 meters and a population of about 280 (2004).
  • Amir Junaid Muhadith (born Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, June 20, 1975 in Harlem, New York) better known by his stage name Loon, was an African-American rapper formerly part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, where he released his self-titled debut album, Loon. ...
  • The Loon is the debut album of the Minneapolis-based band Tapes 'n Tapes. It was originally self-released by the band's own Ibid Records on October 28, 2005 on compact disc. On July 24, 2006, the album was released in the United Kingdom on XL Recordings, on both CD and vinyl.
  • Idler, lout; boy, lad; harlot; mistress; simpleton; (also (slang)) crazy or deranged person; English Soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland