kook

Example Sentences

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“Seventy-five kooks blew their blow horns and scared … my wife,” he said.

From Washington Post

Think “The Incredibles” — but instead of a family of heroes, here’s a family of lovable kooks who face threatening toasters, evil vending machines and demonic Furbys.

From New York Times

Viewers may not get a full parade of kooks or zany characters who claim they’ve touched or hung out with the big fella, but they get a good enough sense of what they’re all about.

From Washington Post

Fashion commentators like the late Joan Rivers noted, "the girl should be put into an asylum," while others said that she was simply there to provide the "kook factor," whatever that actually means.

From Salon

The community celebrates bravado and prowess so much that it has a pejorative term — kook — for those who are oblivious, overly cautious or unskilled.

From New York Times