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Definition: Meaning of, cuckoo in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkʊkuː /

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cuckoo cuckoos
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  1. a grey European bird that puts its eggs in other birds' NEST s and that makes a sound that sounds like its name
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[not before noun] [informal]
  1. crazy or silly
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cuckoo used in phrases

  • European cuckoo (noun)
    1. common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
  • black-billed cuckoo (noun)
    1. north American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young
  • cloud-cuckoo-land (noun)
    1. an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
  • cuckoo bread (noun)
    1. eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
  • cuckoo clock (noun)
    1. a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes a sound
  • cuckoo flower (noun)
    1. common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
  • cuckoo spit (noun)
    1. a frothy mass of white liquid that is secreted onto plants by froghopper larvae and serving as a protective covering
  • cuckoo's nest (noun)
    1. pejorative term for an insane asylum
  • cuckoo-bumblebee (noun)
    1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
  • pheasant cuckoo (noun)
    1. australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
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