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kooks

/kuːks/

kooks is the plural of kook.

Meaning of kook

Noun

kook (plural kooks)

  1. (US, slang) An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
    • The kook we will always have with us, to paraphrase Jesus, but the kooks of yore had to work to maintain their kookery and locate fellow kooks. They had to pick up their kook phone, subscribe to the kook newsletter, drive to the kook convention. Nowadays, all the kook has to do is log in to...2019 January 29, Tom Bissell, “An Anti-Facebook Manifesto”, in New York Times
  2. A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

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Proper noun capitalized: Kooks

Kooks

  1. (plural) plural of Kook

Words that rhyme with kooks

Questions about kooks

What is kooks the plural of?
Kooks is the plural of kook.
What part of speech is kooks?
Kooks is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kooks?
Kooks is pronounced /kuːks/.

Words near kooks in the dictionary

  1. kookoos
  2. kookri
  3. kookries
  4. kookris
  5. kookry
  6. kooks
  7. kookum
  8. kookums
  9. kooky
  10. kool
  11. kool-aid

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