conventional vs cuckoo

conventional

adj
  • Ordinary, commonplace. 

  • In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid. 

  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour. 

  • Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd. 

  • Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction. 

  • Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 

noun
  • A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal. 

cuckoo

verb
  • To make the call of a cuckoo. 

  • To repeat something incessantly. 

noun
  • The cuckoo clock itself. 

  • The sound of that particular bird. 

  • A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest). 

  • Someone who is crazy. 

  • Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, 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 bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks. 

adj
  • Crazy; not sane. 

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