cuckoo
noun/ˈkuːkuː/
Frequency rank: #11,266 most common English word
Meaning
A bird known for laying its eggs in other birds' nests; also used informally to mean crazy or foolish.
Example sentence
Everyone laughed when he suggested that his pet parrot was actually cuckoo in disguise.
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