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lo·co 1
(lō′kō)adj. Slang
Mentally deranged; crazy.
tr.v. lo·coed, lo·co·ing, lo·cos
1. To poison with locoweed.
2. Slang To cause to be mentally deranged; craze.
[Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften; see lwq in Semitic roots.]
lo·co 2
(lō′kō)adv. & adj. Music
At the pitch written. Used chiefly as a direction.
[From Italian loco, from Latin locō, ablative of locus, place.]
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loco
(ˈləʊkəʊ)n
informal short for locomotive
loco
(ˈləʊkəʊ)adj
1. slang chiefly US insane
2. (Veterinary Science) (of an animal) affected with loco disease
n, pl -cos
(Plants) short for locoweed
vb (tr)
3. to poison with locoweed
4. slang US to make insane
[C19: via Mexican Spanish from Spanish: crazy]
loco
(ˈləʊkəʊ)adj
(Commerce) denoting a price for goods, esp goods to be exported, that are in a place specified or known, the buyer being responsible for all transport charges from that place: loco Bristol; a loco price.
[C20: from Latin locō from a place]
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lo•co
(ˈloʊ koʊ)n., pl. -cos, n.
1. locoweed.
2. Slang. an insane person.
3. locoism.
v.t. 4. to poison with locoweed.
5. Slang. to cause to be insane.
adj. 6. Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.
[1835–45, Amer.; < Sp: crazy]
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loco
Past participle: locoed
Gerund: locoing
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loco
A Mexican Spanish word meaning crazy.
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| Adj. | 1. |  loco - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
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loco
adjectiveSlang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.
Chiefly British: crackers.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.
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