cuckoo (redirected from cuckoos)

cuck·oo  (kk, kk)

n. pl. cuck·oos

1.

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

b. Any of various related birds of the family Cuculidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a slender body.

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

Noun

pl cuckoos

a migratory bird with a characteristic two-note call, noted for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds

Adjective

Informal insane or foolish [Old French cucu, imitative]

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"

Translations

cuckoo [ˈkukuː] n → cuco

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cuckoo [ˈkukuː] n → coucou m

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cuckoo [ˈkukuː] n → Kuckuck m

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cuckoo [ˈkukuː] n → cucù m inv

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cuckoo

n cuckoo [ˈkukuː]

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