kook

UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/

Übersetzungen

kooksubstantiv
kooks
Pl.
UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/
The old man was considered a kook by the townspeople.
Старика считали чудаком в городе.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
kookverb
kooked
Präteritum
kooked
Partizip Perfekt
kooking
Gerundium
UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/
Slang usage, chiefly in surfing and informal contexts.
Synonyme
act bizarrely
act unpredictably
behave erratically
freak out
go bonkers
go crazy
act crazy
act nutty
behave oddly
act kooky
behave eccentrically
act eccentrically
kookadjektiv
more kook
Komp.
most kook
Super.
Attributive use of the noun meaning ‘eccentric, strange’.

Definitionen

kooksubstantiv
A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
Everyone thought he was a bit of a kook because of his unusual hobbies.
In surfing slang, a beginner who lacks skill or ignores accepted etiquette.
The lineup was crowded with kooks dropping in on every wave.
kookverb
To blunder or perform ineptly, especially while surfing; to act like a kook.
He kooked the takeoff and wiped out on the inside section.
kookadjektiv
Eccentric, strange, or characteristic of a kook (used attributively).
They dismissed his kook ideas as impossible to implement.