Meaning & use

loopy

adjective·Everyday

Behaving in a slightly crazy, silly, or eccentric way; informally, dizzy or confused.

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After two nights without sleep, he felt loopy and kept forgetting what he was saying.

Her loopy sense of humor always makes the office meetings feel less tense.

A note on using this word

Loopy is informal and mild, usually describing harmless, amusing eccentricity rather than a serious mental problem.

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