cuckoo in English

noun
1
a medium-sized long-tailed bird, typically with a gray or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.
It is an important wintering ground for European migratory birds such as the white stork, the lesser kestrel, the Eurasian golden oriole, the Eurasian cuckoo and other wading birds.
2
a mad person.
Perhaps this explains that cuckoo '96 NBA offseason, which saw a handful of players land outrageous contracts.
adjective
1
mad; crazy.
people think you're cuckoo

Use "cuckoo" in a sentence

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1. European arum resembling the cuckoo pint.

2. 8 He has gone absolutely cuckoo.

3. 14 So every nation is equally cuckoo.

4. The cuckoo is the herald of spring.

5. The Cuckoos were named for the familiar calls of the Common Cuckoo, which are often used in cuckoo clocks.

6. The cuckoo is the harbinger of spring.

7. The cuckoo is a harbinger of spring.

8. 7 The cuckoo harbingers the coming of spring.

9. A cuckoo began calling from a hawthorn tree.

10. 17 The cuckoo clock spun round and round.

11. 9 The cuckoo is the herald of spring.

12. 6 The cuckoo is a harbinger of spring.

13. 18 I am famous for cuckoo clocks and chocolate.

14. 13 The country dictated that Operation Cuckoo be abandoned.

15. In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.

16. 12 A dunnock plays host to a young cuckoo.

17. 15 A bird cuckoo deposits her egg and disappears.

18. 5 The cuckoo is characterized by its familiar call.

19. 10 The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds'nests.

20. The cuckoo lays her egg in another bird's nest.

21. 13 The cuckoo lays her egg in another bird's nest.

22. 4 The cuckoo lays her egg in another bird's nest.

23. 3 In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.

24. 16 Sylvie had brought a cuckoo into her own nest.

25. His advice is a little cuckoo but somehow it works.

26. So, at this writing, we see the cuckoo pop out again.

27. Hand drawn Sparrow, Tit, Swallow, Jay, Capercaillie, Lapwing, Cuckoo, Woodpecker, Oriole

28. Well, a cuckoo like him and a smart guy like you.

29. 22 Careful timing by the cuckoo is important in another respect.

30. Some ant cuckoo females make their presence felt in more dramatic fashion.

31. He did a 30-day in the cuckoo house, if I recall.

32. I'm about to go KRS-One cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs-type wild.

33. A cuckoo flew over, calling loudly, invisible above the canopy of leaves.

34. 24 So, at this writing, we see the cuckoo pop out again.

35. This fellow is a very nice bird, this is the Pied cuckoo.

36. 11 A cuckoo is able to lay in a range of different nests.

37. Here's arum, arum maculatum, "lords and ladies," or "cuckoo-pint" in this country.

38. Here's arum, arum maculatum, " lords and ladies, " or " cuckoo- pint " in this country.

39. 21 A cuckoo flew over, calling loudly, invisible above the canopy of leaves.

40. With Burdocks, Hemlocks, Nettles, Cuckoo-flowers.' Also in As You Like It: ROSALIND

41. Mr. and Mrs. Cuckoo-Bananas just offered me the plum job of defending them.

42. If Kirov chose, he could drop Vologsky, and Operation Cuckoo, like a hot brick.

43. Of the parasitic Old World Cuckoos, the common European cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, is typical

44. Four colours are recognised in the Entente Européenne standard: black, blue, cuckoo and white.

45. Opposite A pair of reed warblers work flat out to keep the young cuckoo satisfied.

46. 29 If Kirov chose, he could drop Vologsky, and Operation Cuckoo, like a hot brick.

47. 25 Anyone who thinks this legislation will be effective is living in cloud cuckoo land.

48. The cuckoo continued calling in the far recesses of the wood undeterred by the surrounding stillness.

49. 20 A tiny reed warbler, faced with a cuckoo,[www.Sentencedict.com] feeds a chick much larger than herself.

50. As puppies and young adults, Boxers are animated, playful (often cuckoo!) dogs who love to romp and jump