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How to pronounce “cuckoo”

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Definition summary: Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

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[Noun]
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
The sound of that particular bird.
The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
The cuckoo clock itself.
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
(slang) Someone who is crazy.
Alternative form of coo-coo (Barbadian food).
[Verb]
To make the call of a cuckoo.
To repeat something incessantly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(UK, law enforcement) To take over the home of a vulnerable person for the purposes of carrying out organized crime in a concealed way.
[Adjective]
(slang) Crazy; not sane.