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LOOPY (loopier, loopiest)
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, loopiest Dictionary entry overview: What does loopy mean?
• LOOPY (adjective)
The adjective LOOPY has 2 senses:
1. consisting of or covered with or having loops
2. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Familiarity information: LOOPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: loopiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Consisting of or covered with or having loops
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
loop (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))
Derivation:
loop (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Synonyms:
around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky
Context example:
it used to drive my husband balmy
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
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