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kook

(ko͞ok)

n. Slang

A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.

[Possibly from cuckoo.]

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kook

(kuːk)

informal US and Canadian an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person

[C20: probably from cuckoo]

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kook

(kuk)

n. Slang.

an eccentric, strange, or crazy person.

[1920–25; perhaps alter. of cuckoo]

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kook - someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group

odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck

unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual

kook

noun

Slang. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:

crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.

Informal: crank, loon, loony.

Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.

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kook

[kuːk] N (US) → majareta mf (Sp) , excéntrico/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kook

[kuːk] n (Am) (fam) → svitato/a

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