loco

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Sometimes the word loco (in place) is used to show that the part is no longer to be sounded an octave higher (or lower), but this is more often indicated by the termination of the dotted (or wavy) line 47.

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  1. adjective Slang Mad; insane.
  2. noun See locoweed.
  3. noun See loco disease.
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  • These have been withdrawn, but a summer Saturday loco-hauled train is running once again between Bristol and Weymouth on summer Saturdays, offering plenty of cycle space. —  Bike For All - The essential cycling resource.
  • The authors note the heterogeneity of they loco-regional therapy may be a weakness of their study, and that the optimal treatment should be determined on a case-by-case basis. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • With the courage and help of Lucian Adrian Grijincu I have managed to install and configure the Launchpad Drupal Plugins for Drupal 6 provided by loco-drupal team. —  Planet Ubuntu
  • A member of the malaysian ubuntu loco, have comes out with a kit. —  Planet MYOSS
  • Came off the loco, Manny Ramírez could throw to Scott Boras —  The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog
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  1. Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften; see lwq in Semitic roots.
  2. From Italian loco, from Latin locō, ablative of locus, place.

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  1. Short for loco-weed.
  2. from loco, n.
 

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