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kook
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kook

noun \ˈkük\

Definition of KOOK

: one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane : screwball
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Examples of KOOK

  1. a bunch of kooks dressed up in weird costumes
  2. <if you insist on painting your house bright orange, everyone will assume you are a kook>

Origin of KOOK

by shortening & alteration from cuckoo
First Known Use: 1960

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Synonyms
character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, flake, fruitcake, head case, eccentric, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], oddball, oddity, original, quiz, screwball, weirdo, zany

Rhymes with KOOK

cuke, duke, fluke, gook, juke, Luke, nuke, Nuuk, puke, snook, souk, spook, tuque, uke, yeuk, zouk

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