cuckoo

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cuckoo

  1. Crazy; not sane.

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Singular
cuckoo

Plural
cuckoos

cuckoo (plural cuckoos)

  1. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially Cuculus canorus that has a characteristic two-note call
  2. The sound of that particular bird.
  3. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
  4. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase 'A cuckoo in the nest'.)
  5. Someone who is crazy.

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Infinitive
to cuckoo

Third person singular
cuckoos

Simple past
cuckooed

Past participle
cuckooed

Present participle
cuckooing

to cuckoo (third-person singular simple present cuckoos, present participle cuckooing, simple past and past participle cuckooed)

  1. To make the call of a cuckoo
  2. To repeat something incessantly

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