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When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen.
Pauline Frederick

Meaning of "kook" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KOOK

Probably from cuckoo.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KOOK

kook  [kuːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KOOK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kook is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kook in the English dictionary

The definition of kook in the dictionary is an eccentric, crazy, or foolish person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KOOK


bouk
buːk
caoutchouc
ˈkaʊtʃuːk
chinook
tʃɪˈnuːk
douc
duːk
duke
djuːk
ewk
juːk
fluke
fluːk
juke
dʒuːk
Luke
luːk
mook
muːk
nuke
njuːk
puke
pjuːk
rebuke
rɪˈbjuːk
Seljuk
sɛlˈdʒuːk
snook
snuːk
souk
suːk
spook
spuːk
suq
suːk
uke
juːk
zouk
zuːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KOOK

kongoni
Kongur Shan
Konia
konimeter
konini
koniology
koniscope
Konstanz
Konya
koodoo
kookaburra
kookie
kookier
kookiest
kooky
Koolhaas
Kooning
koori

WORDS THAT END LIKE KOOK

an open book
book
brook
cook
e-book
Facebook
guestbook
handbook
hook
in my book
look
nook
notebook
on the hook
outlook
overlook
textbook
the book
the New Look
took

Synonyms and antonyms of kook in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kook» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KOOK

Find out the translation of kook to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kook from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kook» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疯子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kook
570 millions of speakers

English

kook
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Kook
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كوك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kook
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিটিয়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kook
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kook
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kook
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴짜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kook
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kook
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kook
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çılgın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kook
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kook
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кук
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kook
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

kook
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Kook
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kook
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kook
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kook

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KOOK»

The term «kook» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.733 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KOOK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kook

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2 QUOTES WITH «KOOK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kook.
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Pauline Frederick
When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen.
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Gene Wilder
My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KOOK»

Discover the use of kook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching ...
Exhilarating, entertaining, and moving, Kook is a love story between a man and his surfboard, a man and his girlfriend, a not-so-old man and the sea.
Peter Heller, 2010
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Abraham Isaac Kook: The Lights of Penitence, The Moral ...
The chief Rabbi of Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, Kook (1865-1935) represents the renewal of the Jewish mystical tradition in modern times.
Abraham Isaac Kook, Ben Zion Bokser, 1978
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Essays on the Thought and Philosophy of Rabbi Kook
Each essay in this anthology is an analysis or evaluation of one or several aspects of the thought and philosophy of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Ezra Gellman, 1991
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Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook: Between Rationalism and ...
S. H. Bergman, ”Torat ha-Hitpatchut be-Mishnato shel ha-Rav Kook,” in the anthology Shitato Shel ha-Rav Kook, (Jerusalem, 1963), p. 69. 13. Schatz, " Utopiya." 14. The objection to viewing Rav Kook's thought as systematical is reminiscent of ...
Benjamin Ish-Shalom, 2012
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The Essential Writings of Abraham Isaac Kook
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hacohen Kook was the first Chief Rabbi of Palestine, and the 20th century's most important Orthodox Jewish mystic.
Abraham Isaac Kook, Ben Zion Bokser, 2006
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The Khaki Kook Book: A Collection of A Hundred Cheap and ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Mary Kennedy Core, 2010
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The Khaki Kook Book - A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Mary Kennedy Core, 2009
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Nertera cunningbamii, Kook.f. „ clichondriefolia, Kook.f. Galium tonuicaule, A. Cunn. Olearia furfuracea, Kook.f. „ cunningbamii, Kook.f. „ allomii, n.s. „ virgatn, Hook.f. Cebnisia longifolia, Cass. Vittudinia austrolis, A. Rich. Lagenophora forstori ...
‎1875
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Nertera cunninghamii, Kook.f. ,, dichonarsefolia, Kook.f. Galium tenuieaule, A. Cunn. Olearia furfuracea, Kook.f. „ cunninghamii, Kook.f „ altomii, n.s. ,, virgata, Ilook.f. Celmisia longifolia, Cass. Vittadinia australis, A. Rich. Lagenophora forsteri ...
New Zealand Institute, 1875
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The Fear, the Trembling, and the Fire: Kierkegaard and ...
He was convinced that there were "sparks of truth" in the claims of general culture and that the current generation must be shown that these sparks were consistent with, and at times identical to, the deepest truths of Judaism.1 Rav Kook's ...
Jerome I. Gellman, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kook is used in the context of the following news items.
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Globes English - IBI and Migdal merge brokerage services - גלובס
IBI Investment House CEO Iddo Kook said, "The merger sits well with IBI's strategy to become a leader in each market we participate in. «Globes, Jul 15»
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Brice Cherry: Big 12 coaches ready to get bombarded with …
Last year it was West Virginia punter Nick O'Toole, an eccentric kook with a handlebar mustache and an even better nickname, “Boomstache. «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
3
S. Korea's top nuclear envoy to discuss N. Korea with … - Arirang
Seoul's top nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook is traveling to China today to meet with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei for discussions on the ... «Arirang News, Jul 15»
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One Direction commits a pop-music sin by simply being bland at …
Then it was the moment Vancouver's Directioners had been dreaming of, including the one kook who had shown up for the pro-Styles Foreskin ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
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The ninth of Av—From darkness to light - Blogs - Jerusalem Post
Luminaries such as Rav Kook and Rav Yehuda Ashlag warned years in advance that our lack of accord and solidarity would be disastrous to ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Water war of yore still resonates with New Melones protester | The …
The dam's proponents branded him a kook. The irony is that 36 years later, people are still fighting over the water in New Melones Reservoir. «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
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The Marietta Daily Journal - CNN showed usual bias in Marine …
... suggest perhaps Muhammed is really just a lost Christian or kook shooter and not a trained soldier of Allah's evil army should be laughed at. «Marietta Daily Journal, Jul 15»
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Spinning Out of Control | The American Spectator
Why won't that right-wing kook Netanyahu quit all his fussing? There were other juicy tidbits throughout the event. One in particular summed up ... «American Spectator, Jul 15»
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Looking to the Geniuses - A Jewish-Muslim Perspective for the Eid …
Let us now turn to a Jewish religious genius, Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook, a 20th century figure that my Muslim friend Timothy considers to be ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Kearny hires 15 police officers, 10 firefighters
... Montalvo, Carlos Ramos, Christian DiAmantino, Stephen J. Taylor, Richard Caposeina, Jeremy L. Kook, Joseph Gurkas and Yamil Miranda. «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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