kook

UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/

Traductions

kooknoun
kooks
pl
UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/
The old man was considered a kook by the townspeople.
Старика считали чудаком в городе.
Traductions supplémentaires
kookverb
kooked
Past Simple
kooked
Past Participle
kooking
Gerund
UK
/kuːk/
US
/kuk/
Slang usage, chiefly in surfing and informal contexts.
Synonymes
act bizarrely
act unpredictably
behave erratically
freak out
go bonkers
go crazy
act crazy
act nutty
behave oddly
act kooky
behave eccentrically
act eccentrically
kookadjective
more kook
Comp.
most kook
Super.
Attributive use of the noun meaning ‘eccentric, strange’.

Définitions

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.
kookadjective
Eccentric, strange, or characteristic of a kook (used attributively).
They dismissed his kook ideas as impossible to implement.