: one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane : screwball
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a bunch of kooks dressed up in weird costumes
if you insist on painting your house bright orange, everyone will assume you are a kook
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For the pogues and kooks who've already torn through the first half of the new season of Outer Banks, season 4 part 2 is on its way.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Although there’s truly nothing as important as spending time in the water, there are some things that will make the process of going from a complete kook to a proficient beginner less of a chore.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
In the years that followed, Harris had little luck—or, to be fair, help from the White House—in wresting control of a media narrative that has portrayed her as flailing, devoid of professional purpose, a bad manager, a bit of a kook.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
Joining her was Thomas Massie and Paul Gosar, a pair of Grade-A kooks.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Although there’s truly nothing as important as spending time in the water, there are some things that will make the process of going from a complete kook to a proficient beginner less of a chore.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
In the years that followed, Harris had little luck—or, to be fair, help from the White House—in wresting control of a media narrative that has portrayed her as flailing, devoid of professional purpose, a bad manager, a bit of a kook.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
Joining her was Thomas Massie and Paul Gosar, a pair of Grade-A kooks.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Kook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kook. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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