Loco

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈləʊ.kəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Italian

Full definition of loco

Adverb

1. (music) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.

Spanish loco ("insane, crazy"), from loco ("loose"). From Arabic لَوَق (láwaq, "foolishness") or Ancient Greek γλαυκός ("clear").

Adjective

1. (colloquial) crazy
• 2003, The New Yorker, 15 Dec 2003, p.56You know, I’m a little loco. Kinda crazy, zany guy.
2. (western US) intoxicated by eating locoweed

Synonyms

• pea struck

Noun

1. (botany) certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.

Synonyms

• locoweed

Related terms

• locoism

Abbreviation of locomotive

Noun

1. (rail transport, informal) locomotive

Anagrams

• colo, Colo.
• cool, COOL