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Word entry · 6 letters

cuckoo

Best crossword clue

"Clock call"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkʊkuː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cckoouStarts with CEnds with O2 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2U3C4K5O6O

Definitions

  1. repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats its call

Word origin

From Middle English cokkou, kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from Old French cocu, coquu, cucu (whence French coucou); ultimately onomatopoeic of the song of the male Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), perhaps via Latin cucūlus (“cuckoo”).

Used in a sentence

  • He knows me, as the blind man knows the cuckoo, / By the bad voice.
  • I think I'm going cuckoo!
  • 71...R/3xN†? [White] resigns?? Lengyel combined to get this cuckoo coup expecting 72 RxR BxP† to win. And Darga's mind, apparently in the same channel, also overlooked 73 K-K3.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Clock call6 letters
02Clock bird sound6 letters

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