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looney-tunes

looney-tunes noun: loony, crazy, insane person.

Noun

looney-tunes (plural looney-tunes)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Loony, crazy, insane person.
    • Have we, as our culture so often claims, committed our lives to absurdity? Are we religious Looney-Tunes marching to the beat of a demonic drummer?2002, David A. Enyart, Creative Anticipation: Narrative Sermon Designs for Telling the Story, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 155
    • Like that looney-tunes in Salt Lake City killed by the police after he gunned down a woman and a security guard and wounded four others at the Mormon Family History Library.2002, Robert S. Levinson, Hot Paint: A Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner Novel, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 295

Forms of looney-tunes

plurallooney-tunes

Origin of looney-tunes

From the adjective looney tunes.

Questions about looney-tunes

What does looney-tunes mean?
Looney-tunes means loony, crazy, insane person.
What part of speech is looney-tunes?
Looney-tunes is a noun.
What is the plural of looney-tunes?
The plural of looney-tunes is looney-tunes.

Words near looney-tunes in the dictionary

  1. looney bin
  2. looney bins
  3. looney toon
  4. looney toons
  5. looney tunes
  6. looney-tunes
  7. looneys
  8. Looneyville
  9. loong
  10. Loongana
  11. loonghee

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