Definition of KOOKIE

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 Swathed in pastel satiny gowns, Doris Day sparkles in this frothy musical as a Far Rockaway singer caught in a kooky love trap on a cruise ship faux-docking in Havana, Trinidad and Brazil. — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, "18 Movies to Stream Instead of Taking a Vacation," 20 June 2020 The film follows the creepy and kooky group as their lives begin to unravel when treacherous and greedy reality TV host Margaux Needler (voiced by Allison Janney) tries to kick them out of the neighborhood. — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Addams Family' Trailer: Kooky Family Moves to N.J., Snoop Dogg's Cousin It Debuts," 7 Aug. 2019 Sure, her legions of little monsters may not run out and dress in head to toe Gareth Pugh or custom Moschino, but seeing her at her kookiest serves as an inspiration for all. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Lady Gaga’s Campiest Moments of All Time," 3 May 2019 But here’s a kookier question: How many punts will there be all game? — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Chiefs vs. Rams Is Your Monday Night Plan," 18 Nov. 2018 In it, an old, retired, and slightly kooky nobleman named Alonso Quixano reads too many chivalric romances. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’s long, possibly cursed journey to the big screen, explained," 9 May 2018 The $147,500 i8 is a stunning two-door coupe plug-in hybrid, the $44,450 i3 a cool but kooky four-seater made of carbon fiber and featuring suicide rear doors, with a two-cylinder backup generator as a range extender. — Jack Stewart, WIRED, "BMW's New Electric SUV Looks Shockingly Normal," 25 Apr. 2018 Maclain Way: Everyone just really dismissed the story as just this bizarre, kooky cult. — Lincoln Michel, GQ, "The Wild Wild Country Directors Explain How They Made Their Shocking Cult Documentary," 29 Mar. 2018 Sure, her legions of little monsters may not run out and dress in head to toe Gareth Pugh or custom Moschino, but seeing her at her kookiest serves as an inspiration for all. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, "Lady Gaga’s Campiest Moments of All Time," 3 May 2019

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