Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The sound of that particular bird.

    Kuckuck, kuckuck

    куку́шкаkukúška, ку-куku-ku

    зозу́ляzozúlja

  3. (countable, uncountable)The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The cuckoo clock itself.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).

  6. (countable, slang, uncountable)Someone who is crazy.

    a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Have you ever seen a cuckoo?

    Ти бачив коли-небудь зозулю?

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел кукушку?

    deHast du schon mal einen Kuckuck gesehen?

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  2. I think we're all a bit cuckoo.

    Думаю, ми всі трохи божевільні.

    ruЯ думаю, мы все немного с приветом.

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  3. Tom has gone cuckoo.

    Том поїхав головую.

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  4. The cuckoo says its own name.

    deDer Kuckuck ruft seinen eigenen Namen.

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  5. This bird is known as a cuckoo.

    ruЭта птица известна как кукушка.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the bird:
Русский
By meaning 3
someone crazy — see also crazy:
the bird:
the sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the bird:
the sound:

Origin

From Middle English cokkou, kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from Old French cocu, coquu,

From Middle English cokkou, kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from Old French cocu, coquu, cucu (whence French coucou); ultimately onomatopoeic of the song of the male Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), perhaps via Latin cucūlus (“cuckoo”).

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