cuckoo
- Adjective. Crazy; not sane.
- Noun. Any of various birds, of the family ''Cuculidae'' (from Latin (term, cuculus) ), famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, ''Cuculus canorus'', that has a characteristic two-note call.
- Noun. The sound of that particular bird.
- Noun. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
- Noun. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase 'A cuckoo in the nest'.).
- Noun. Someone who is crazy.
- Verb. To make the call of a cuckoo.
- Verb. To repeat something incessantly.
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