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Yes. The word loon is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

LOON,NOLO,

3-letter words (4 found)

LOO,NOO,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (4 found)

LO,NO,ON,OO,

You can make 10 words from loon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of loon

loon olon loon olon ooln ooln lono olno lnoo nloo onlo nolo lono olno lnoo nloo onlo nolo oonl oonl onol nool onol nool

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Definitions and meaning of loon

loon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

From Middle English louen, lowen (“rascal; rogue”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. Compare Dutch loen (“simpleton”). Or, related to sense 2, due to the bird's loud cry. Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic, though the latter may have influenced it; see loony.

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. (slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.
  2. (obsolete) An idler, a lout.
  3. (chiefly Scotland, Ulster) A boy, a lad.
  4. (chiefly Scotland) A harlot; mistress.
  5. (chiefly Scotland) A simpleton.
  6. (Ireland, historical) An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
  7. (traffic engineering) A round area of pavement that protrudes from one side of a road to accommodate turning vehicles with a wide turning circle.
Synonyms
  • (crazy person): lunatic, psycho, wacko
  • (round area of pavement): bulb-out
Derived terms
  • loons, loon pants
Translations
See also
  • looney, loony, loonie

References

Etymology 2

Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lómr (“loon”), ultimately imitative of the bird's cry, particularly when it's in danger. Distantly related to lament, probably sharing Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root).

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. (US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
Synonyms
  • (bird of order Gaviiformes): diver
Derived terms
  • Arctic loon
  • black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
  • great northern loon, common loon (Gavia immer)
  • Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
  • red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
  • yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
  • loonie
Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • nolo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch loon, from Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch lōn.

Pronunciation

Noun

loon (plural lone, diminutive loontjie)

  1. wage

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːn/
  • Hyphenation: loon
  • Rhymes: -oːn
  • Homophone: Loon

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch lōn, from Proto-West Germanic *laun.

Noun

loon n (plural lonen, diminutive loontje n)

  1. wage, pay, reward
Synonyms
  • salaris
Derived terms
  • arbeidsloon
  • belonen
  • hongerloon
  • leefloon
  • loondienst
  • loonheffing
  • loonkosten
  • loonlijst
  • loonslaaf
  • loonstrook
  • loonwerk
  • loonzakje
  • minimumloon
  • verlonen
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: loon
  • Negerhollands: loon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

loon

  1. inflection of lonen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

loon

  1. plural of loo (“clearing”)

Ingrian

Postposition

loon

  1. Alternative spelling of loonna

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 276
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[1], →ISBN, page 14

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *lōn, from Old Dutch *lōn, from Proto-West Germanic *laun.

Noun

lôon m or n

  1. wage, payment for services or work
  2. reward
  3. value
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • lônen
Descendants
  • Dutch: loon
  • Limburgish: loean

Etymology 2

Dative plural of lô.

Noun

lôon ?

  1. Borgloon (a city in modern Belgium)
  2. Loon (a county)
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: Loon, (compounded) Borgloon

Further reading

  • “loon (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “loon (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “loon”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Oromo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Hadiyya laro, Saho laa, Afar láa, Somali lo', Boon loy, Burji láli, Gedeo lalo, Awngi əllwa, Blin ləwi, Xamtanga ləwa, Iraqw slee, Kw'adza hleko and Maay hliŋé.

Noun

loon

  1. cattle

References

  • Oromo Dictionary by Takilee Qinaaxxii

Scots

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare English loon.

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. (Doric) boy, young man

Source: wiktionary.org