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Definition of Loopy
1. Adjective. Consisting of or covered with or having loops.
2. Adjective. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. "It used to drive my husband balmy"
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Daftness, Kook, Loon
Definition of Loopy
1. Adjective. having loops ¹
2. Adjective. (slang) idiotic, crazy or drunk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loopy
1. full of loops [adj LOOPIER, LOOPIEST] : LOOPILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loopy
Literary usage of Loopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sabbath for Man: A Study of the Origin, Obligation, History, Advantages by Wilbur Fisk Crafts (1885)
"Such loopy laws net no one. The big fish break them, and the small ones break
through. There is a significant warning to the friends of the Sabbath in the ..."
2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1903)
"... and she skittered about in the bracken, being a 'citable child ; and the
squirrel flicked his tail and went off in large, free loopy-leps to ..."
3. Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinning by Hollins Rayner (1903)
"Even then great care is necessary in the reeling, or the threads separate and
form " loopy " places, which are very objectionable, causing a weak thread, ..."
4. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"It was a loopy, and twisting, crooked stream, forming a wide-stretching S in
every mile of its course, and its water was of a whitey- brown colour, ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"... being a 'citable child; and the squirrel flicked his tail and went off in
large, free, loopy-leps to about the middle of Sussex before he ever stopped. ..."
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