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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Adj.

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

bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kooky, 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"

Translations

kookie

kooky [ˈkuːkɪ] ADJ (kookier (compar) (kookiest (superl))) (US) [person] → chiflado, majareta (Sp) ; [idea] → descabellado, disparatado

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