loopy

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
Brand, perhaps best known as the loopy rocker Aldous Snow in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' called the Jonas Brothers "God's favorite virgins" and said that their performance "will make the concept of an afterlife seem tame by comparison."

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. adjective Consisting of or covered with loops.
  2. adjective Offbeat; crazy: "the loopy energy of Harpo Marx” (Michael Wood).

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (34)

  • She goes a bit loopy, there are certain signs that this is happening and one of them is wearing crazy outfits, clashing colours and major mismatchingness. —  Fashion World of SL
  • Macho, loopy, and entertaining as hell, The Unit is prime Mamet The Prestige —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
  • Brand, perhaps best known as the loopy rocker Aldous Snow in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' called the Jonas Brothers "God's favorite virgins" and said that their performance "will make the concept of an afterlife seem tame by comparison." —  ETonline - Breaking News
  • The policy is formed by the kind of loopy logic that only the government can afford. —  The Daily News - News
  • And say what you want about Paula, but her loopy-infuriating shtick serves it purpose -- and isn't all that easy to duplicate. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
More examples »
 

Tags

loopy hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 82 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈlupi/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recently looked up

foil · balcony · Mandrill · thimble · Grape

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich