Usually means: Eccentric or quirky in behavior.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word kooky:

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  1. kooky: Merriam-Webster
  2. kooky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kooky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kooky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kooky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Kooky, kooky: Wordnik
  7. kooky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. kooky: Wiktionary
  9. kooky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. kooky: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. kooky: Dictionary.com
  12. kooky: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. kooky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Kooky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. kooky: Rhymezone
  16. kooky: FreeDictionary.org
  17. kooky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. kooky: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kooky: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. kooky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. kooky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. kooky: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See kookier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
adjective:  (surfing) Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.
noun:  (childish) Alternative form of kookie (“kookaburra”) [(childish) A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).]

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