cuckoo UK /ˈkʊkuː/US /ˈkuku/noun 6verb 3adjective 1forms 5 noun6 •Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.He knows me, as the blind man knows the cuckoo, By the bad voice. — 1596 •(slang) Someone who is crazy. •A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest). •The sound of that particular bird. •The cuckoo clock itself. •The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks. verb3 •To make the call of a cuckoo. •(UK) To take over the home of a vulnerable person for the purposes of carrying out organized crime in a concealed way. •To repeat something incessantly. adjective1 •(slang) Crazy; not sane.I think I'm going cuckoo! formscuckooed · cuckooing · cuckoos · more cuckoo · most cuckoo