"looney-tunes" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-loony-tunes.wav Forms: looney-tunes [plural]
Etymology: From the adjective looney tunes. Head templates: {{en-noun|looney-tunes}} looney-tunes (plural looney-tunes)
  1. (colloquial, humorous) Loony, crazy, insane person. Tags: colloquial, humorous
    Sense id: en-looney-tunes-en-noun-xyrw8rVo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "2002, Robert S. Levinson, Hot Paint: A Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner Novel, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 295,\nLike that looney-tunes in Salt Lake City killed by the police after he gunned down a woman and a security guard and wounded four others at the Mormon Family History Library."
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          "text": "2005, Jack Myers, Row House Days: Tales from a Southwest Philadelphia Childhoo, Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 229,\nOtherwise, if you let these looney-tunes have the general run of the everyday world, there's no telling what kinds of destruction they may cause if left unchecked."
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