"ку-ку" meaning in Russian

See ку-ку in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ˌku‿ˈku] Audio: LL-Q7737 (rus)-Lvova-ку-ку.wav [Saint-Petersburg] Forms: ку-ку́ [canonical], ku-kú [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ru|interjection|head=ку-ку́}} ку-ку́ • (ku-kú)
  1. (onomatopoeia) cuckoo (sound a cuckoo makes) Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-ку-ку-ru-intj-mzMtDrQR Categories (other): Russian onomatopoeias, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 65 0 23 12
  2. (familiar) hey Tags: familiar
    Sense id: en-ку-ку-ru-intj--mkLggYe
  3. (familiar) gotcha; a reaction during hide and seek or peekaboo game Tags: familiar
    Sense id: en-ку-ку-ru-intj-K6R6U9v1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 0 45 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 0 74 12 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 74 20 Disambiguation of Russian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 23 0 44 33

Noun

IPA: [ˌku‿ˈku] Audio: LL-Q7737 (rus)-Lvova-ку-ку.wav [Saint-Petersburg] Forms: ку-ку́ [by-personal-gender, canonical, feminine, masculine], ku-kú [romanization]
Head templates: {{ru-noun|ку-ку́|mfbysense-an|-}} ку-ку́ • (ku-kú) m anim or f anim by sense (indeclinable)
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) an insane person Tags: colloquial, derogatory, indeclinable Synonyms: псих, ненорма́льный
    Sense id: en-ку-ку-ru-noun-NC72qkmo
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    },
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        "hey"
      ],
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          "hey",
          "hey"
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        "(familiar) hey"
      ],
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        "familiar"
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    },
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          "hide and seek",
          "hide and seek"
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          "peekaboo",
          "peekaboo"
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      "ipa": "[ˌku‿ˈku]"
    },
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        "Saint-Petersburg"
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    }
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        "hey"
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        "(familiar) hey"
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