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1. A man who is a stupid incompetent fool
   - fathead, goof, goofball [N. Amer], bozo [N. Amer], jackass, goose, zany
    
2. Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

1. Repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

1. Informal or slang term meaning insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
   - balmy [archaic], barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy [N. Amer], cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky, daffy, dippy, nutsy [N. Amer], potty [Brit], daft as a brush [Brit], round the twist [Brit], wacko

Derived forms: cuckoos, cuckooing, cuckooed

See also: insane

Type of: boofhead [Austral], charlie [Brit], cuculiform bird, donkey, drongo [Austral, NZ], echo, fool, galah [Austral], juggins [Brit], jughead [N. Amer], mampara [S.Africa], meathead, moegoe [S.Africa], muggins [Brit], nit [Brit], repeat, sap, tomfool

Part of: Cuculidae, family Cuculidae

Encyclopedia: Cuckoo Cuckoo, Virginia