Associations to the word «Kook»

Wiktionary

KOOK, noun. (slang) (chiefly US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person; a weirdo.
KOOK, noun. (surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding etc.) A board sport participant who has poor style or skill.
KOOK CORD, noun. (surfing) (obsolete) A leg rope.

Dictionary definition

KOOK, noun. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats