kook

Plural: kooks

Noun

• An eccentric, peculiar, or crazy person.
• someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
• An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
• A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

Examples

• Some players call him a KOOK for his bizarre word choices, but they often pay off.

Synonyms

odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck, basket case, basket weaver, bizarro, coot, crack, crackpot, crank, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, eccentric, freak, fruit and nut case, fruit cake, fruit loop, fruitloop, glaik, hard case, head case, kook, live one, loony, loony tune, lunatic, madcap, madhead, mental case, nut, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutburger, nutcase, nutjob, nutter, odd bod, odd duck, oddball, oddity, psycho, psychoceramic, queer fish, queerdo, rum, schizo, screwball, space cadet, space case, space pilot, strange bird, strange fish, strangeling, unconventional, wack, wackadoo, wackadoodle, wacko, weirdie, weirdling, weirdo, whackjob, whacko, wild man, wingnut