Meaning & use
kook
An eccentric, foolish, or slightly crazy person, used informally.
See it in a sentence
The neighbors thought he was a bit of a kook for talking to his plants every morning.
Some people dismissed the inventor as a kook until his idea actually worked.
A note on using this word
In surfing slang, kook also describes an inexperienced or clumsy surfer who does not know proper etiquette in the water.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
In surfing slang, an inexperienced or unskilled surfer.
The other surfers rolled their eyes when the kook paddled straight into their path.
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