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Kook

/kuːk/ · noun

Meaning

(slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
  2. (surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

Example Sentences

The kook we will always have with us, to paraphrase Jesus, but the kooks of yore had to work to maintain their kookery and locate fellow kooks. They had to pick up their kook phone, subscribe to the kook newsletter, drive to the kook convention. Nowadays, all the kook has to do is log in to Facebook, where his feed will be enlivened by the chatter of fellow — and likely more extreme — kooks, toward which Facebook’s algorithms helpfully steer him.
The administration’s deep cuts to scientific and medical research have been compounded by Trump’s decision to hand control of public health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a bona fide kook,[…].

Synonyms for kook

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Antonyms for kook

Related Words

odd fishqueer duckodd fellowqueer birdwackocrackpotnutcaselunaticmadmanpsychomaniaczanyweirdofreakflakenutterscrewballcuckoonutk00k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does kook mean?

Kook means (slang, chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person..

What is a synonym for kook?

Common synonyms include nutjob, odd duck, weirdo, basket case.

What is the opposite of kook?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use kook in a sentence?

The kook we will always have with us, to paraphrase Jesus, but the kooks of yore had to work to maintain their kookery and locate fellow kooks. They had to pick up their kook phone, subscribe to the kook newsletter, drive to the kook convention. Nowadays, all the kook has to do is log in to Facebook, where his feed will be enlivened by the chatter of fellow — and likely more extreme — kooks, toward which Facebook’s algorithms helpfully steer him.

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