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Kook

//kuːk// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
An eccentric, strange or crazy person. US, slang
"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 Facebook, where his feed will be enlivened by the chatter of fellow — and likely more extreme — kooks, toward which Facebook’s algorithms helpfully steer him."
2
someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group wordnet
3
A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly from cuckoo.

Etymology 2

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook * Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk.

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