Meaning
1 senses(slang)Crazy; not sane.
I think I'm going cuckoo!
Examples
22 sentencesHave you ever seen a cuckoo?
Ти бачив коли-небудь зозулю? — ascolto
ruТы когда-нибудь видел кукушку? — marafon
deHast du schon mal einen Kuckuck gesehen? — Manfredo
I think we're all a bit cuckoo.
Думаю, ми всі трохи божевільні. — deniko
ruЯ думаю, мы все немного с приветом. — marafon
Tom has gone cuckoo.
Том поїхав головую. — deniko
The cuckoo says its own name.
deDer Kuckuck ruft seinen eigenen Namen. — Adelpa
This bird is known as a cuckoo.
ruЭта птица известна как кукушка. — fjay69
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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Forms
more cuckoo, most cuckoo| Comparative | more cuckoo Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most cuckoo Lesson |
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form