cuckoo

noun

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

The sound of that particular bird.

A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).

(slang) Someone who is crazy.

The cuckoo clock itself.

The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.

A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Alternative form of coo-coo (Barbadian food). [The two-note vocalisation made by the male of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), or imitation of this by a cuckoo clock.]

verb

To make the call of a cuckoo.

(UK, law enforcement) To take over the home of a vulnerable person for the purposes of carrying out organized crime in a concealed way.

To repeat something incessantly.

adjective

(slang) Crazy; not sane.

Synonyms for cuckoo

warblern loonyadj bulbuln

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