Adjective: loco low-kow
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- [slang] Insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
"it used to drive my husband loco";
- balmy [archaic, slang], barmy [slang], bats [slang], batty [slang], bonkers [slang], buggy [N. Amer, slang], cracked [slang], crackers [slang], daft [Brit, slang], dotty [Brit, slang], fruity [slang], haywire [slang], kooky [slang], kookie [slang], loony [slang], loopy [slang], nuts [slang], nutty [slang], round the bend [slang], around the bend [slang], wacky [slang], whacky [slang], daffy [slang], dippy [slang], doolally [Brit, slang], wacko [slang], daft as a brush [Brit, slang], potty [Brit, slang], round the twist [Brit, slang], dumbass [N. Amer, slang], nutsy [N. Amer, slang], barking mad [Brit, slang], mental [slang], barking [Brit, slang], bughouse [N. Amer, slang], cuckoo [slang]
- Of or relating to locomotion
"The loco systems of different animals vary widely";
- locomotive, locomotor
Usage: informal
- A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
"The diesel loco hauled the freight cars across the country";
- locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive [Brit, Cdn], railroad locomotive [N. Amer]
Derived forms: locos
See also: insane
Type of: self-propelled vehicle
Part of: railroad train [N. Amer], railway train [Brit, Cdn], train
Encyclopedia: Loco, Oklahoma