Definition of loobynext
as in lubber
a clumsy, awkward person although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics

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Noun
  • One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.
    Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
Noun
  • There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Max is still living happily in New York City with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), and his lummox of a best friend Duke (Eric Stonestreet).
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
Noun
  • Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 31 July 2025
  • The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.
    Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • Noah Lennox and Pete Kember made not one, not two, but five versions of their first album as a duo, 2022’s Reset, among them a full dub rework helmed by Adrian Sherwood and an EP featuring Mexico City’s Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Cyrus voiced the English-language dub of the titular character, while Jonas voiced Sōsuke.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Like Lerner’s previous protagonists, the narrator is something of an intellectual klutz, at once Chekhov and Chaplin.
    Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Pastas, all made in house, are a solid choice too—like the Squid Ink Orecchiette with lump crab.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Stocklas was retired by the time of his Powerball win, which netted a lump-sum payment of $191 million.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
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“Looby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looby. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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