Loopy
[loo-pee] /ˈlu pi/
adjective, loopier, loopiest.
1.
full of loops.
2.
Slang.
3.
Scot. crafty; sly.
/ˈluːpɪ/
adjective loopier, loopiest
1.
full of loops; curly or twisted
2.
(informal) slightly mad, crazy, or stupid
adj.
“full of loops,” 1856, from loop + -y (2). Slang sense “crazy” is attested from 1923. Earlier figurative sense was “cunning, deceitful” (by 1825).
adjective
Crazy; silly; nutty: that loopy guy whose handkerchief you cry into/ visually complemented the singer’s loopy Balkan bop/ even loopier bids for the few works in Wood’s small mature oeuvre (1925+)
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