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kook·y

also kook·ie (ko͞o′kē)

adj. kook·i·er, kook·i·est Slang

Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.

kook′i·ness n.

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kooky

(ˈkuːkɪ) or

kookie

adj, kookier or kookiest

informal crazy, eccentric, or foolish

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kook•y

or kook•ie

(ˈku ki)

adj. kook•i•er, kook•i•est. Slang.

of or like a kook; eccentric, strange, or crazy.

[1955–60]

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Adj.

kooky - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, loco, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked

insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

kooky

adjective

Slang. Deviating from the customary:

bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird.

Slang: screwball.

British Slang: rum, rummy.

Translations

kooky

[ˈkuːki] adj → loufoque

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kooky

adj (+er) (US inf) → komisch (inf), → verrückt (inf)

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