cuckoo in English dictionary

  • cuckoo

    Meanings and definitions of "cuckoo"

    • Crazy; not sane.
    • Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae (from Latin cuculus 'cuckoo'), famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call
    • The sound of that particular bird.
    • The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
    • Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase 'A cuckoo in the nest'.)
    • Someone who is crazy.
    • adjective
      Crazy; not sane.
    • noun
      Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
    • noun
      The sound of that particular bird.
    • noun
      The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
    • noun
      Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
    • noun
      Someone who is crazy.
    • verb
      To make the call of a cuckoo
    • verb
      To repeat something incessantly
    • bird
    • the bird
    • the sound
    • A common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
    • noun
      any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
    • noun
      a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
    • verb
      repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

    Synonyms of "cuckoo" in English dictionary

    fathead, saphead, fool are the top synonyms of "cuckoo" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of cuckoo

    • cuckoo ( plural  cuckoos)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza cuckoo, lm  liczba mnoga cuckoos cuckoo, cuckooed, cuckoos, cuckooing
    • cuckoo ( third-person singular simple present cuckoos, present participle cuckooing, simple past and past participle cuckooed)
    • cuckoo (comparative more cuckoo, superlative most cuckoo)
    • cuckoo (plural cuckoos)
    • cuckoo (third-person singular simple present cuckoos, present participle cuckooing, simple past and past participle cuckooed)
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