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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 groupplay

  Familiarity information: KOOK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KOOK (noun)


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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