kook

[kook] /kuk/
noun, Slang.
1.
an eccentric, strange, or foolish person.
2.
an insane person.
Origin
1955-60; perhaps alteration of cuckoo
Examples from the web for kook
  • There was kook in their countenance-an off-kilter vibe that was sympathetic and engrossing.
  • Now stating that same opinion will get one branded as a kook or a shill for the tobacco industry.
  • It's one kook spouting gibberish, and a scientist debunking it.
British Dictionary definitions for kook

kook

/kuːk/
noun
1.
(US & Canadian, informal) an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person
Word Origin
C20: probably from cuckoo
Word Origin and History for kook
n.

1960, American English slang; see kooky.

Slang definitions & phrases for kook

kook

modifier

: did a kook piece with dancers

noun
  1. An eccentric person; nut, screwball: The bomb cannot be exploded by a single ''kook''/ The early Streisand played kook (1950s+ Teenagers)
  2. A novice surfer (1961+ Surfers)

[fr cuckoo]