English Explanatory Dictionary

loco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
adj
  1. Crazy.
  2. Intoxicated by eating locoweed.
noun
  1. A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb
  1. To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
  2. To render insane.
noun
  1. Short for locomotive.
  2. Short for locofoco, in its various senses.

Pronunciation

/ˈləʊ.kəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loco.wav

Word forms

loco more loco most loco locos locoes locoing locoed

Etymology

From Italian.

Synonyms

pea struck locoweed

Related words

locoism in loco in loco parentis in loco parentum

Derived words

loc loco moco locoweed diesel loco locoman locoshed locospotter steam loco
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