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loopie

loopie adjective: deceitful; cunning; sly.

Adjective

loopie (comparative more loopie, superlative most loopie)

  1. (Scotland) deceitful; cunning; sly
    • The guidwife had repeatedly given Peter the hint to throw the shawl into the bed, as it would be there concealed till the husband was gone; but Peter, the loopie — for who ever saw a packman that was not loopie? — began to think that he might manage to carry off both shawl and buckles […]1825, Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother

Forms of loopie

comparativemore loopie
superlativemost loopie

Questions about loopie

What does loopie mean?
Loopie means deceitful; cunning; sly.
What part of speech is loopie?
Loopie is an adjective.

Words near loopie in the dictionary

  1. loopholed
  2. loopholery
  3. loopholes
  4. loopholing
  5. loophound
  6. loopie
  7. loopier
  8. loopiest
  9. loopily
  10. loopiness
  11. looping

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