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"Cuckoo" Definition

noun

A grayish European bird (Cuculus canorus) that has a characteristic two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of birds of other species.
Any of various related birds of the family Cuculidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a slender body.
Slang A foolish or crazy person.
The call or cry of one of these birds.

adjective

Slang Lacking in sense; foolish or crazy.

verb-transitive

To repeat incessantly, as a cuckoo does its call.

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