Definitions for cuckoo

cuckoo cuck·oo

Spelling: [koo-koo, koo k-oo]
IPA: /ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u/

Cuckoo is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in cuckoo (cckoou).

Definitions for cuckoo

noun

  1. a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
  2. any of several other birds of the family Cuculidae.
  3. the call of the cuckoo, or an imitation of it.
  4. Slang. a crazy, silly, or foolish person; simpleton.

adjective

  1. Slang. crazy; silly; foolish.
  2. of, relating to, or like a cuckoo.

verb (used with object)

  1. to repeat monotonously.

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter the call of the cuckoo or an imitation of it.

Origin of cuckoo

1200-50; Middle English cuc(c)u, cuccuk(e) (imitative); compare Latin cucūlus, French coucou, German Kuckuk, Dutch koekoek, Modern Greek koûko

Examples for cuckoo

She Said: Jace, their daughter was on the verge of another home invasion at the hands of cuckoo Disfigured Larry.

When you get the cuckoo into the garden, build a wall round and keep it in.'

The cuckoo clock struck nine, and Claude made a gesture of annoyance.

We understand—who would want to give up the angelic Keita, even if it means raising a cuckoo?

And what is this cuckoo which has thus bewitched all the poets?

America is spared the infliction of this notorious "cuckoo."

For it's not I'll be the cuckoo to push you out, McMurrough, lad.

Perhaps it was only the striking of the cuckoo clock in my room.

Come, my cuckoo; here we are at the bottom of the valley; now or never.

"Yes, our lot are pretty good at the cuckoo game," he agreed.

Word Value for cuckoo
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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