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loop·y

 (lo͞o′pē)
adj. loop·i·er, loop·i·est
1. Consisting of or having many loops: loopy handwriting.
2. Crazy or eccentric: "March was the month when most people went loopy, like the March hares" (Edna O'Brien).
3. Offbeat or bizarre: "the loopy energy of Harpo Marx" (Michael Wood).
4. Befuddled or disoriented: felt loopy from dehydration.
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loopy

(ˈluːpɪ)
adj, loopier or loopiest
1. full of loops; curly or twisted
2. informal slightly mad, crazy, or stupid
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loop•y

(ˈlu pi)

adj. loop•i•er, loop•i•est.
1. full of loops.
2. Slang.
a. eccentric; crazy; dotty.
b. befuddled or confused.
[1815–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.loopy - consisting of or covered with or having loops
2.loopy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregularloopy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, nuts, around the bend, balmy, round the bend, wacky, whacky, barmy, nutty, fruity, cracked
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
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loopy

adjective
Informal. So senseless as to be laughable:
absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.
Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony.
Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.
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Translations

loopy

[ˈluːpɪ] ADJ (loopier (compar) (loopiest (superl))) → chiflado
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loopy

adj (+er) (Brit inf) → bekloppt (inf); to go loopy → durchdrehen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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