variants or less commonly kookie
kookier; kookiest
: having the characteristics of a kook : offbeat, eccentric
kookiness noun

Examples of kooky in a Sentence

I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers. if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends
Recent Examples on the Web There’s also a bartender, Peterman’s Gabby, who is far more self-sufficient than Barbra Jean, but just as needy as her former, far more kooky alter-ego. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024 While the premise suggests kooky fraternal comedies like Adam McKay’s Step-Brothers or Ivan Reitman’s Twins, Brothers lacks the quirkiness of the filmmakers’ earlier work. Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024 And the toilet moment was only one of many kooky highlights at the Garden. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024 Her younger brother Colin, age six, is the kooky one, while the baby of the family, 4-year-old Laurent, is described by his parents as a philosopher. Catherine Bray, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for kooky 

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Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kooky was in 1957

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“Kooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kooky. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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