cuckoo

Definitions

• Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
• The sound of that particular bird.
• The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
• The cuckoo clock itself.
• A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
• (slang) Someone who is crazy.
• (alt form) coo-coo