cuckoo

cuck·oo

 (ko͞o′ko͞o, ko͝ok′o͞o)

n. pl. cuck·oos

1.

a. A grayish bird (Cuculus canorus) of Eurasia and Africa that has a characteristic two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of birds of other species.

b. Any of various other birds of the family Cuculidae.

2. The call or cry of one of these birds.

3. Slang A foolish or crazy person.

tr.v. cuck·ooed, cuck·oo·ing, cuck·oos

To repeat incessantly, as a cuckoo does its call.

adj. Slang

Lacking in sense; foolish or crazy.

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[Middle English cuccu, of imitative origin.]

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cuckoo

(ˈkʊkuː)

n, pl -oos

1. (Animals) any bird of the family Cuculidae, having pointed wings, a long tail, and zygodactyl feet: order Cuculiformes. Many species, including the European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and have a two-note call

2. informal an insane or foolish person

adj

informal insane or foolish

interj

an imitation or representation of the call of a cuckoo

vb, -oos, -ooing or -ooed

3. (tr) to repeat over and over

4. (intr) to make the sound imitated by the word cuckoo

[C13: from Old French cucu, of imitative origin; related to German kuckuck, Latin cucūlus, Greek kokkux]

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cuck•oo

(ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u)

n., pl. -oos,
v.
adj. n.

1. any of various usu. slim, stout-billed, long-tailed birds of the order Cuculiformes: many species noted for their brood parasitism.

2. a common Eurasian cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, with a monotonously repeated call.

3. the call of this cuckoo.

4. Informal. a crazy or foolish person.

v.t.

5. to repeat monotonously.

adj.

6. Informal. crazy; silly; foolish.

[1200–50; Middle English cuc(c)u, cuccuk(e) (imitative)]

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cuckoo

Past participle: cuckooed
Gerund: cuckooing

Imperative

cuckoo

cuckoo

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cuckoo - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
	2.	cuckoo - any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail cuculiform bird - birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) Cuculidae, family Cuculidae - includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner Cuculus canorus, European cuckoo - common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus - North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus, roadrunner - speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas ani - black tropical American cuckoo coucal - Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
Verb	1.	cuckoo - repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call echo, repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"

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cuckoo

noun

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

crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.

Informal: crank, loon, loony.

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

adjective

Slang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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Translations

وَقْواقوَقْواق، طائر الكوكو

kukačka

gøg

Kuckuck

κούκος

kukolo

cuclillo

kägu

käkikukkuakukkuukukuntahokea

coucou

kukavica

kakukk

gaukur

cuculorimbambitocucù

カッコウ

뻐꾸기

gegutė

dzeguze

koekoek

gjøk

kukułka

cuco

cuc

кукушка

kukučka

kukavica

gök

นกชนิดหนึ่งที่วางไข่ในรังนกอื่น

guguk kuşuguguk

зозуля

chim cu

杜鹃布谷鸟

cuckoo

[ˈkʊkuː]

A. N → cuco m, cuclillo m

B. ADJ → loco, lelo

C. CPD cuckoo clock N → reloj m de cuco, cucú m

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

cuckoo

[ˈkʊkuː] n (= bird) → coucou mcuckoo clock n → pendule f à coucou, coucou m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cuckoo

n → Kuckuck m; (= insect) → Schaumzikade f

adj pred (inf) → meschugge (inf); to go cuckoo → überschnappen (inf)

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cuckoo

:

cuckoo clock

n → Kuckucksuhr f

cuckoopint

n (Bot) → Gefleckter Aronsstab

cuckoo spit

n (= secretion) → Kuckucksspeichel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cuckoo

[ˈkʊkuː]

1. n → cuculo, cucù m inv

2. adj (fam) → tocco/a, matto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cuckoo

(ˈkukuː) – plural ˈcuckoos – noun

a bird, named after its call, which lays eggs in the nests of other birds. koekoek وَقْواق، طائر الكوكو кукувица cuco kukačka der Kuckuck gøg κούκοςcuco kägu فاخته؛ کوکو käki coucouקוקייה कोयल kukavica kakukk burung kukuk gaukur cuculo, cucù かっこう 뻐꾸기 gegutė dzeguze sewah padang koekoekgjøkkukułka کوکو کوتره cuco cuc кукушка kukučka kukavica kukavica gök นกชนิดหนึ่งที่ชอบวางไข่ไว้ในรังนกชนิดอื่น guguk kuşu 杜鵑，布穀鳥 зозуля كوئل نما پرنده، كوكو chim cu cu 杜鹃，布谷鸟

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cuckoo

→ وَقْواق kukačka gøg Kuckuck κούκος cuclillo käki coucou kukavica cuculo カッコウ 뻐꾸기 koekoek gjøk kukułka cuco кукушка gök นกชนิดหนึ่งที่วางไข่ในรังนกอื่น guguk kuşu chim cu 杜鹃

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