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noun
Slang
.
1.
an eccentric, strange, or foolish person.
2.
an insane person.
Origin:
1955–60;
perhaps alteration of
cuckoo
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kook
(kuːk)
—
n
informal
(
US
), (
Canadian
) an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person
[C20: probably from
cuckoo
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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kook definition
[kuk]
n.
a strange person. :
She seems like a kook, but she is just grand, really.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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