cuckoo
To make the call of a cuckooTo make the call of a cuckoo.
» Have you ever seen a cuckoo?
Hast du schon mal einen Kuckuck gesehen?
Ты когда-нибудь видел кукушку?
Ти бачив коли-небудь зозулю?
Meaning
3 sensesTo make the call of a cuckoo.
куковатьkukovatʹ
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats its call
To repeat something incessantly.
(UK)To take over the home of a vulnerable person for the purposes of carrying out organized crime in a concealed way.
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
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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
cuckoos, cuckooing, cuckooed, cuckooedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle