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KOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kook mean?
• KOOK (noun)
The noun KOOK has 1 sense:
1. someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
Familiarity information: KOOK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
kook; odd fellow; odd fish; odd man out; queer bird; queer duck
Hypernyms ("kook" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
kooky (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular)
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