"kook" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kuːk/ Audio: En-au-kook.ogg Forms: kooks [plural]
enPR: ko͞ok Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: Possibly from cuckoo. Head templates: {{en-noun}} kook (plural kooks)
  1. (slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person. Tags: US, slang Translations (eccentric, strange or crazy person): podivín [masculine] (Czech), blázen [masculine] (Czech), hullu (Finnish), sekopää (Finnish), kahjo (Finnish), Exzentriker [masculine] (German), Spinner [masculine] (German), eksentriker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gærning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), чуда́к (čudák) [masculine] (Russian), čudak (Serbo-Croatian), chiflado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kook-en-noun-en:eccentric_person Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, People, Stock characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 28 7 20 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 8 18 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of People: 72 28 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 78 22 Synonyms: nutjob, odd duck, weirdo, basket case, basket weaver [Australia], crack, crackpot, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat [Australia, US], eccentric [euphemistic], fruit and nut case [Australia, UK], fruit cake, fruit loop [Australia, US], fruitloop [Australia, US], head case, kook, loony, loony tune, lunatic, madcap [obsolete, rare], madhead, mental case, nut, nut ball, nutbar, nutburger, nutcase, nutjob, nutter, psycho, psychoceramic, schizo, screwball, space cadet, space pilot [Australia], unconventional [euphemistic], wackadoo, wackadoodle, wacko, whackjob, whacko, weirdo, wingnut, space case, bizarro, coot, crackpot, crank [British, dated], eccentric, freak, glaik [British, derogatory, dialectal], hard case [New-Zealand, slang], kook, live one [idiomatic], nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter [British, derogatory, sometimes], oddball, oddity, odd bod [British], odd duck, odd fish, queerdo [derogatory, vulgar], queer fish [British, dated], rum [obsolete, slang], strange bird, strange fish, strangeling, wack, wacko, weirdie, weirdling, weirdo [slang], wild man, wingnut Disambiguation of 'eccentric, strange or crazy person': 98 2
  2. (surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are. Translations (boardsport participant who lacks style or skill): mimoň [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-kook-en-noun-1KcaHdeV Categories (other): Surfing, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 28 7 20 16 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing Disambiguation of 'boardsport participant who lacks style or skill': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 Derived forms: kook cord, kookdance, kookdom, kookery, kookfest, kookily, kookish, kookism, kookness, kookologist, kookology, kook out, kooky, kookie

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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "word": "sekopää"
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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "word": "Spinner"
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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "word": "eksentriker"
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      "word": "gærning"
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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "sense": "eccentric, strange or crazy person",
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      "word": "chiflado"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for kook meaning in English (10.0kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding",
  "path": [
    "kook"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kook",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding",
  "path": [
    "kook"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kook",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding",
  "path": [
    "kook"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kook",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding",
  "path": [
    "kook"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kook",
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}

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