Cuckoo Definition
ko͝oko͝o, ko͝oko͝o
cuckoos
noun
cuckoos
Any of a family (Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes) of birds with a long, slender body, grayish-brown on top and white below: many, including the European species (Cuculus canorus), lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but the American species hatch and rear their own young.
Webster's New World
Any of various other birds of the family Cuculidae.
American Heritage
The call of a cuckoo, which sounds somewhat like its name.
Webster's New World
An imitation of this call.
Webster's New World
A crazy or foolish person.
Webster's New World
verb
cuckoos
To utter or imitate the call of a cuckoo.
Webster's New World
To repeat continually, as the cuckoo does its call.
Webster's New World
adjective
Crazy; foolish; silly.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cuckoo
Noun
Singular:
cuckoo
Plural:
cuckoosOrigin of Cuckoo
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From Old French cucu, (French coucou) onomatopoeic, or from Latin cuculus.
From Wiktionary
Middle English cuccu of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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