kooky

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkuːki/, /ˈkʊki/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkuki/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkʉːki/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkʉke/, /-kɪ/, /-ki/ Hyphenation: koo‧ky Rhymes: -uːki, -ʊki Homophone: cookie (/ˈkʊki/ British pronunciation or with the foot-goose merger) === Etymology 1 === From kook + -y. ==== Adjective ==== kooky (comparative kookier, superlative kookiest) (slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish. (surfing) Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like. ===== Alternative forms ===== kookie ===== Synonyms ===== bonkers kookish nuts outlandish wacky ===== Antonyms ===== conventional mainstream normal ordinary straight uneccentric ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== kook kookily kookish kookishness kookology ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of kookaburra + -y. ==== Noun ==== kooky (plural kookies) (childish) Alternative form of kookie (“kookaburra”). === Anagrams === Kokyo, Kyoko, koyok