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Cuckoo vs Cuckooing - What's the difference?

cuckoo | cuckooing |

As nouns the difference between cuckoo and cuckooing

is that cuckoo is any of various birds, of the family cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , cuculus canorus , that has a characteristic two-note call while cuckooing is the call of a cuckoo.

As verbs the difference between cuckoo and cuckooing

is that cuckoo is to make the call of a cuckoo while cuckooing is .

As an adjective cuckoo

is crazy; not sane.

cuckoo

English

(wikipedia cuckoo)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Crazy; not sane.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , Cuculus canorus , that has a characteristic two-note call.
  • The sound of that particular bird.
  • The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
  • Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest ).
  • Someone who is crazy.

    • Related terms

    * cuckoo clock * cuckoo dove * * cuckoo's egg * cloud-cuckoo-land * cuculine (rare) * cuckoo sign

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make the call of a cuckoo
  • To repeat something incessantly

    • cuckooing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The call of a cuckoo.
  • * 1882 The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
    • . . . the mistaken idea that wagtails and hedge-warblers feed the young cuckoos they bring up, long after they leave the nest, whenever they hear their cuckooing , . . .