kooky
kooky
adjective \ˈkü-kē\kook·i·erkook·i·est
Definition of KOOKY
Variants of KOOKY
kooky also kook·ie \ˈkü-kē\
Examples of KOOKY
- <I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers.>
- <if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends>
First Known Use of KOOKY
1959
Related to KOOKY
- Synonyms
- bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, odd (also kookie), offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
- Antonyms
- balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
Rhymes with KOOKY
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