Definitions for kookyˈku ki

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kook•y*ˈku ki(adj.)kook•i•er, kook•i•est.

or kook•ie

  1. of or like a kook; eccentric, strange, or crazy.

    Category: Status (usage)

* Slang..

Origin of kooky:

1955–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky(adj)

    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

    "it used to drive my husband balmy"

Wiktionary

  1. kooky(Adjective)

    irreverent; idiosyncratic or unexpected; not normal

  2. kooky(Adjective)

    crazy or insane

  3. kooky(Adjective)

    Resembling a kook in behavior


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