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- [kook]
- /kuk/
- /ˈkuːk/
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- [kook]
- /kuk/
Definitions of kook word
- noun kook an eccentric, strange, or foolish person. 1
- noun kook an insane person. 1
- noun kook A crazy or eccentric person. 1
- noun kook crazy or eccentric person 1
- countable noun kook You can refer to someone who you think is slightly strange or eccentric as a kook. 0
- noun kook an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person 0
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Origin of kook
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60; perhaps alteration of cuckoo
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Kook
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kook popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
kook usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for kook
noun kook
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
- lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
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