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kook

[kook]
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 is always a great word to know.
So is brown-nose. Does it mean:
an infatuation for another person, a crush
to seek favors from a person in an obsequious manner, to fawn over
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kook (kuːk)
 
n
informal (US), (Canadian) an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person
 
[C20: probably from cuckoo]

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kook definition

[kuk]
  1. 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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