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cuckoo




Definitionen

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cuckoo
     1. Kuckuck
Englisch > Englisch
cuckoo
     1. adj. Crazy; not sane.
     2. subst. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
     3. subst. The sound of that particular bird.
     4. subst. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
     5. subst. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
     6. subst. Someone who is crazy.
     7. v. To make the call of a cuckoo
     8. v. To repeat something incessantly

Beispielsätze

That the cuckoo ends up so large just happens, and you feed it till you drop. 



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