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- Dictionarycuckoo/ˈkʊkuː/
noun
- 1. a long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.
- 2. a mad person. informal
adjective
- 1. mad; crazy: informal "people think you're cuckoo"
verb
- 1. take over (the home of a vulnerable person) in order to establish a base for illegal drug dealing in the area: British "the frightened woman confided to her support worker that her flat had been cuckooed by a gang selling drugs"
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Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word cuckoo, which can refer to a bird, its call, or a silly person. Find out how cuckoo is related to cuckold, cuckoo clock, and cloud-cuckoo-land.
Cuckoo can be a noun for a bird that lays its eggs in other nests, or an adjective for something silly or crazy. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
The cuckoo family gets its English and scientific names from the call of the male cuckoo, also familiar from cuckoo clocks. In most cuckoos, the calls are distinctive to particular species, and are useful for identification.
Cuckoo definition: a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.. See examples of CUCKOO used in a sentence.
CUCKOO meaning: 1. a grey bird with a two-note call that sounds similar to its name. Cuckoos lay their eggs in…. Learn more.
Cuckoo is a word that can refer to a bird, its call, or a slang term for a foolish person. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of cuckoo from various dictionaries and sources.
Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of the word cuckoo, which can refer to a bird, its call, or a foolish person. See examples, synonyms, and related words for cuckoo.
