loonie
part of speech
noun (a loonie, loonies — Canada, informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) (Canada, informal) A Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a water bird) on it. tree →
2) The Canadian dollar as money (the loonie went up). tree →
3) (UK, Australia, informal, often spelled looney or loony) A crazy or silly person — this can be rude. tree →
sense in the lessons
In Canada: kids pay with loonies and toonies (two-dollar coins). In maths money problems from Canada: 1 loonie = 1 dollar, 1 toonie = 2 dollars. Phrases: a loonie, loonies and toonies.
examples
- I paid for my juice with a loonie. tree →
- A loonie is a one-dollar coin in Canada. tree →
- Three loonies and one toonie make five dollars. tree →
- The loonie has a picture of a bird called a loon. tree →
- She found a loonie under the sofa. tree →
- Don't be such a loony! (UK, informal, can be rude) tree →
note
Canadian informal word, but used everywhere in Canada, even in news. Plural loonies. For numbers: loonie = 1 dollar, toonie = 2 dollars. The "crazy person" word (loony, looney) can hurt people with mental illness, so avoid it.
In the corpora
- To count the money, each toonie gives 2 dollars and each loonie gives 1 dollar; add the two amounts.
- 3 toonies and 2 loonies make 3 × 2 + 2 = 8 dollars.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «loonie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.