Word.ws English Dictionary

loony tune

loony tune noun: a silly or crazy person; a person whose actions are unpredictable and irrational.

Noun

loony tune (plural loony tunes)

  1. (humorous, slang) A silly or crazy person; a person whose actions are unpredictable and irrational.
    • Some loony tune parked his car in the no parking section.
    • Stop fooling around like a loony tune and get to work on your essay!

Forms of loony tune

pluralloony tunes
alternative formloony toon
alternative formlooney toon

Origin of loony tune

Probably after Looney Tunes cartoon characters, because these characters are noted for their silliness.

Questions about loony tune

What does loony tune mean?
Loony tune means a silly or crazy person; a person whose actions are unpredictable and irrational.
What part of speech is loony tune?
Loony tune is a noun.
What is the plural of loony tune?
The plural of loony tune is loony tunes.

Words near loony tune in the dictionary

  1. loony leftie
  2. loony lefties
  3. loony lefty
  4. loony toon
  5. loony toons
  6. loony tune
  7. loony tunes
  8. loony van
  9. loony vans
  10. loonybin
  11. loonytarian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loony tune (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-loony tune.wav.

Cite this entry: “loony tune.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/loony_tune. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.