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- DictionaryCuck·oo/ˈko͞oˌko͞o/
noun
- 1. a medium-sized long-tailed bird, typically with a gray or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.
- 2. a mad person. informal
adjective
- 1. mad; crazy: informal "people think you're cuckoo"
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Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word cuckoo, which can refer to a bird, its call, or a silly person. Find out how cuckoo is related to cuckold, cuckoo clock, and cloud-cuckoo-land.
Cuckoo definition: a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.. See examples of CUCKOO used in a sentence.
Cuckoo. Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae / kjuːˈkjuːlɪdiː / family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes / kjuːˈkjuːlɪfɔːrmiːz /. [1] [2] [3] The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis.
Cuckoo can be a noun for a bird that lays its eggs in other nests, or an adjective for something silly or crazy. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of cuckoo with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Cuckoo is a word that can refer to a bird, its call, or a slang term for a foolish person. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of cuckoo from various dictionaries and sources.
A cuckoo is a type of long-tailed bird that's known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds. In the summer, you're most likely to see cuckoos in various parts of Europe. The famous German cuckoo clock is named for the cuckoo bird, and the cuckoo sound the clock makes each hour imitates the call of the cuckoo.
1 day ago · noun. 1. a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism. 2. any of several other birds of the family Cuculidae. 3. the call of the cuckoo, or an imitation of it. 4. slang. a silly, or foolish person.
