: one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane : screwball
Examples of kook in a Sentence
a bunch of kooks dressed up in weird costumes
if you insist on painting your house bright orange, everyone will assume you are a kook
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The kooks of that age believed that Iran-Contra was only just an inkling of the secret government behind the scenes that was preparing to herd Americans into prison camps.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
Not the crazy aunt/spell-casting kook who’s going to be film fans’ top Halloween costume this year.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Aster is no longer offering a twist on things that really took place but on fantasies that occurred only in the imaginations of right-wing kooks.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
This is not a game; until the kooks and zealots rampaging over the public health infrastructure are constrained, many people could die.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
Not the crazy aunt/spell-casting kook who’s going to be film fans’ top Halloween costume this year.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Aster is no longer offering a twist on things that really took place but on fantasies that occurred only in the imaginations of right-wing kooks.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
This is not a game; until the kooks and zealots rampaging over the public health infrastructure are constrained, many people could die.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for kook
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“Kook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kook. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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