loco

(lō'kō)
adj. Slang
Mad; insane.

n., pl., -cos.

1. See locoweed.
2. See loco disease.

tr.v., -coed, -co·ing, -cos.

1. To poison with locoweed.
2. Slang. To make insane; craze.

[Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften.]

lo·co² (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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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. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. 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, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

adjective
/'ləυkəυ/ /'ləυkəυ/
adjective, orig US

Mad, crazy. (1887 —) .
D. Francis He'd been quietly going loco and making hopeless decisions (1965).

[From Spanish loco mad.]

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For a list of words related to loco, see:

• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical
• Insanity - loco: (adj) Slang. insane

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See words rhyming with "loco."

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - skør, tosset
n. - marihuana, giftig astragel
v. tr. - gøre skør, forgifte med astragel

2.
adj. - på stedet
adv. - den oktav som noderne angiver

3.
n. - lokomotiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
gek, op de plaats, voor levering beschikbaar, locomotief, loco (muziek), bepaald giftig gewas, iemand gek maken, vergiftigen

Français (French)
1.
adj. - timbré, fou
n. - folie
v. tr. - être fou

2.
adj. - (Mus) dans le ton
adv. - (Mus) dans le ton

3.
n. - locomotive

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - verrückt
n. - (Bot.) Narrenkraut, Gehirnerkrankung
v. - mit Narrenkraut vergiften, verrückt machen

2.
adj. - am Ort, loco
adv. - (Mus) wieder in der gewöhnlichen Tonhöhe

3.
n. - Lokomotive

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - λοκομοτίβα, ανισόρροπος, παλαβιάρης, μουρλός
n. - λοκομοτίβα
v. - δηλητηριάζω με είδος αγριόχορτου
adj. - ανισόρροπος, παλαβιάρης, μουρλός

Italiano (Italian)
pazzo, impazzire

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - locomotiva (f)
n. - astrágalo (m) (Anat.) (Arquit.)
v. - envenenar com astrágalo
adj. - louco

Русский (Russian)
астрагал, отравление астрагалом, отравить астрагалом, свести с ума, чокнутый

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - loco, demente, que ha perdido la razón
n. - hierba leguminosa
v. tr. - envenenar con locos (hierbas leguminosas)

2.
adj. - (Mús.) divertido, de tonalidad alta
adv. - (Mús) escrito en el tono más alto

3.
n. - locomotora

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - (slags giftig) vedel
n. - (Am. bot.) (slags giftig) vedel
v. - bli galen
adj. - galen, tokig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 发疯的, 发狂的, 疯草, 洛苛草, 疯草中毒, 使发疯

2. 照谱上所记, 照谱上所记的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adv. - 照譜上所記
adj. - 照譜上所記的

2.
adj. - 發瘋的, 發狂的
n. - 瘋草, 洛苛草, 瘋草中毒
v. tr. - 使發瘋

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 미친, 불끈한
n. - 로코풀, 로코병
v. tr. - 로코초로 중독 시키다, 머리가 돌게 하다

2.
adj. - 기관차의, 스스로 움직이는, 이동할 수 있는, 여행의
adv. - 최고점에서, 고음으로

3.
n. - 기관차 , 조직적인 응원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ロコ草
v. - ロコ草で中毒させる
adj. - ロコ病にかかった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) مختصر : قاطرة Locomotive (الاسم) نبته الجنون, جنون الماشيه (فعل) يسمم بنبته الجنون, يخبل, يجن (صفه) مخبل, مجنون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מטורף‬
n. - ‮מטורף, צמח רעיל הנאכל ע"י בקר (וגורם לטירוף)‬
v. tr. - ‮הרעיל בצמח זה‬
adj. - ‮כתובה בשיא הקול (מוסיקה)‬
n. - ‮קטר‬

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