cuckoo vs mad

cuckoo

adj
  • Crazy; not sane. 

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. 

mad

adj
  • Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. 

  • Bizarre; incredible. 

  • Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent. 

  • Having impaired polarity. 

  • Wildly confused or excited. 

  • Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many. 

  • Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies. 

  • Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval. 

  • Angry, annoyed. 

  • Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for. 

adv
  • Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably. 

verb
  • To madden, to anger, to frustrate. 

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