crackpot
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crackpot (plural crackpots)
- (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.
- Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.
- (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See also crackhead.
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crackpot
- (informal) Eccentric or impractical
- a crackpot idea