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kooky


kooky

adjective \ˈkü-kē\
kook·i·erkook·i·est

Definition of KOOKY

:  having the characteristics of a kook :  crazy, offbeat
— kook·i·ness noun

Variants of KOOKY

kooky also kook·ie \ˈkü-kē\

Examples of KOOKY

  1. <I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers.>
  2. <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

spooky

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