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kooks

/kuːks/

/kuks/

Translations

kooknoun

kooks

/kuːk/

/kuk/

чудак

The old man was considered a kook by the townspeople.

Старика считали чудаком в городе.

Additional translations

Synonyms

kookverb

kooks

kooked

Past Simple

kooked

Past Participle

kooking

Gerund

/kuːk/

/kuk/

Slang usage, chiefly in surfing and informal contexts.

Synonyms

act unpredictably

behave erratically

freak out

go bonkers

go crazy

act nutty

act crazy

act bizarrely

behave oddly

act kooky

behave eccentrically

act eccentrically

Definitions

kooknoun

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.