How do native speakers pronounce "loon" in English?

In natural English speech, "loon" appears in contexts such as: "And scooting across lakes at astonishing speeds. This is a map of the common loon’s range: They mostly stick to Canada and the northern US -- where there are plenty of lakes for them to hang out in.". You can listen to the exact timestamped audio clip in the accompanying video.

Where can I hear "loon" used in a real sentence?

Our pronunciation database found 3 conversational video occurrences of "loon" with real-time synchronized transcripts and full surrounding sentence context.

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How to pronounce“loon”in English

IPA/ˈluːn/

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Definitions of “loon”

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noun

A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.

“An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."”

Synonyms:lunatic psycho wacko

noun

An idler, a lout.

“The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone: Where got'ſt thou that Gooſe-looke.”