cuckoo

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• 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).
• Someone who is crazy.
• Alternative of coo-coo

Verb

• To make the call of a cuckoo.
• To repeat something incessantly.

Adjective

• Crazy; not sane.

Origin

• From Middle English cokkou, probably from Old French cucu (whence French coucou); ultimately , perhaps via Latin cucūlus. Displaced native (> modern English yeke, yek).