cuckoo clock

noun

: a wall or shelf clock that announces the hours by sounds resembling a cuckoo's call

Examples of cuckoo clock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The elderly woman who was killed by a blast as severe summer storms roared through the Midwest lived in a house that was filled with cuckoo clocks that would go off every hour, on the hour, her family said. — Selina Guevara, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

The place is full of antiques such as old cuckoo clocks, paintings, and books. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026

Perhaps the notion appealed to nineteenth-century tastes for cuckoo clocks and ideas about mechanistic, orderly nature. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026

The bird in question was supposed to be a rooster, but when the clockmaker tested his little leather bellows, the rooster sounded rather anemic, and the cuckoo clock was born. — Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cuckoo clock

• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock

Kids Definition

cuckoo clock

noun

: a clock that announces the hours with sounds like a cuckoo's call