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s | cuckoo |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective cuckoo is

crazy; not sane.

As a noun 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.

As a verb cuckoo is

to make the call of a cuckoo.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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