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In some senses, loco is marked as informal, colloquial, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
loco
/ˈləʊ.kəʊ/
adj 2noun 2verb 2adv 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, little
VERB + LOCO
bit, going, gone, know
LOCO + NOUN
acapulco, parentis
PREP.
down, in, in
Definitions
adv
1
A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
adj
1
Crazy.
It's Cottontail Smith, and he's gone plumb loco!
Going loco down in Acapulco / If you stay too long / Yes, you'll be going loco down in Acapulco / The magic down there is so strong
2
Intoxicated by eating locoweed.
noun
1
A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
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Idioms & Phrases
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It's Cottontail Smith, and he's gone plumb loco!
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Going loco down in Acapulco / If you stay too long / Yes, you'll be going loco down in Acapulco / The magic down there is so strong
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Who you trying to get crazy with ése? Don't you know I'm loco?
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They say that he is locoed. The insane asylums of California contain many shepherds.
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A locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made; and No. .007, besides being sensitive, was new. The red paint was hardly dry on his spotless bumper-bar, his headlight
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Small boys in 1963 could have traction engines with real steam coming out of the funnel, and Old Western locos had flashing lights, hooters and cow-pushers.
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