Dictionary Definition
kook n : someone regarded as eccentric or crazy
and standing out from a group [syn: odd fellow,
odd
fish, queer bird,
queer
duck, odd man
out]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- In the context of "slang|mainly|US": an eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- In the context of "surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding etc.": A board sport participant who has poor style or skill.
Translations
A board sport participant who has poor style or
skill
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Kook may refer to:
A Yiddish surname meaning "look"
- Abraham Isaac Kook, Chief Rabbi in the British Mandate of Palestine, considered to be Israel's first Chief Rabbi.
- Zvi Yehuda Kook, son of the above, prominent Religious Zionist rabbi.
- Hillel Kook, nephew of Abraham Isaac Kook, prominent Revisionist Zionism activist during World War II.
In entertainment
- The Kooks, a British indie Band.
- Kooks, a 1971 David Bowie song.
- KOOK-TV- A television station (now KTVQ)
- An unskilled surfer or skateboarder
- Crank (person)
- net.kook, a crank who surfs Usenet newsgroups
See also
- Cuckoo (disambiguation)
- Wilbur Kookmeyer, cartoon
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alien,
aliene, bedlamite, borderline case,
case, character, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, cuckoo, dement, demoniac, ding-a-ling, eccentric, energumen, erratic, fanatic, flake, fou, freak, harebrain, hermit, hobo, idiot, lone wolf, loner, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac, maverick, meshuggenah, natural, noncompos, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, original, outsider, pariah, phrenetic, queer duck, queer
fish, queer specimen, rara avis, raving lunatic, recluse, screwball, solitary, strange duck,
tramp, type, weirdo, zealot