cuckoo
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
cuckoo
- Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V Scene 1
- He knows me, as the blind man knows the cuckoo, / By the bad voice.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V Scene 1
- The sound of that particular bird.
- The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
- The cuckoo clock itself.
- A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
- (slang) Someone who is crazy.
- Alternative form of coo-coo#English|coo-coo (“Barbadian food”)
- cuckoo clock
- cuckoo-dove
- cuckoo-pint
- cuckoo shrike
- cuckoo's egg
- cloud-cuckoo-land
- cuculine (rare)
- cuckoo sign
- French: coucou
- German: Kuckuck
- Italian: cuculo, cucù
- Portuguese: cuco
- Russian: куку́шка
- Spanish: cuco, cuclillo
- Italian: cu cu
- Russian: ку-ку
- Russian: ку-ку́
cuckoo (cuckoos, present participle cuckooing; past and past participle cuckooed)
- To make the call of a cuckoo.
- To repeat something incessantly.
- Russian: куковать
cuckoo
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