Cuckoo is an English word with synonyms like fathead or saphead. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cuckoo meaning
- 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.
- The sound of that particular bird.
- The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
Synonyms of Cuckoo
Using Cuckoo
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The sound of that particular bird. | The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
- Useful related words include: fathead, cuculiform bird, tomfool, muggins.
- In the example corpus, cuckoo often appears in combinations such as: the cuckoo, cuckoo nest, cuckoo clock.
Context around Cuckoo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cuckoo
- In this selection, "cuckoo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tesco, old, winning, bridge, call and birds stand out and add context to how "cuckoo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include over the cuckoo s nest and at tesco cuckoo bridge marked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cuckoo" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cuckoo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Austwick Street Market & Cuckoo Festival. (5 words)
Two species — silvereye/tautou and long-tailed cuckoo/koekoeā — have declined. (11 words)
It happened on The Cuckoo Trail in Hellingly, near Hailsham, on Wednesday morning. (13 words)
The female cuckoo then has time to lay her egg in their nest without being seen to do so. citation The cuckoo's egg itself mimics the eggs of the host species, reducing its chance of being rejected. citation citation File:Biston betularia. (43 words)
In “Cuckoo,” slightly bitter 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer of “Euphoria”) is irked at the very notion of being plucked from her American surroundings and whisked off to a German resort by her newly married father, stepmother, and young stepsister. (41 words)
Meanwhile, his widely varied work with Netflix has included the teen drama The Politician, the big-budget golden age reimagining Hollywood, the dark One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest spin-off Ratched and the emotional documentary A Secret Love. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some theories have posited that the cuckoo call represents the real-life behavior of cuckoo birds.
Grandchildren affectionately called her Grandma, Mamaw, and Cuckoo Nana (because of an old cuckoo clock in her home).
Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' director Milos Forman dies at 86Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus" won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday.
The female cuckoo then has time to lay her egg in their nest without being seen to do so. citation The cuckoo's egg itself mimics the eggs of the host species, reducing its chance of being rejected. citation citation File:Biston betularia.
Around the same time, Garrett and I were watching this documentary about the lifecycle of the European cuckoo.
Austwick Street Market & Cuckoo Festival.
But the alternative is not a Cuckoo’s Nest, anymore than moving to Texas means you now have to be a cowboy.
Cash or cheque donations can also be handed in at: Tesco, Cuckoo Bridge, marked ‘Dumfries and Galloway Standard Toy Appeal FAO Anne Croucher’, or Morrisons, Dumfries, marked ‘Dumfries and Galloway Standard Toy Appeal FAO Myra Smith’.
Cash or cheque donations can also be handed in at: Tesco, Cuckoo Bridge, marked “Dumfries and Galloway Standard Toy Appeal FAO Anne Croucher”, or Morrisons, Dumfries, marked “Dumfries and Galloway Standard Toy Appeal FAO Myra Smith”.
Just one year after appearing in starred in another movie that's among the best of the 1970s:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
They then compared the results to "The Cuckoo's Calling" and identified Rowling as the closest match.
Along with domestic migratory birds, the city of lakes also becomes home to Jacobin Cuckoo which arrives from South Africa.
In “Cuckoo,” slightly bitter 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schafer of “Euphoria”) is irked at the very notion of being plucked from her American surroundings and whisked off to a German resort by her newly married father, stepmother, and young stepsister.
It happened on The Cuckoo Trail in Hellingly, near Hailsham, on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, his widely varied work with Netflix has included the teen drama The Politician, the big-budget golden age reimagining Hollywood, the dark One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest spin-off Ratched and the emotional documentary A Secret Love.
Nicholson, known for films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, was the perfect choice for Burton’s darker, gothic take on Batman.
The mum wrote: "Honestly, I don't give a f**k what this cuckoo lady has to say.
Two species — silvereye/tautou and long-tailed cuckoo/koekoeā — have declined.
We have seen deeds, rabbits, cuckoo, buzzards, kites and all sorts of creepy crawly's.
We then flash back three days earlier to Laura, Sophie Cuckoo, and Kamala Khan walking down the street.
Common combinations with cuckoo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cuckoo 18×
- cuckoo nest 10×
- cuckoo clock 3×
- cuckoo land 3×
- of cuckoo 2×
- european cuckoo 2×
- tesco cuckoo 2×
- cuckoo bridge 2×
- in cuckoo 2×
- cuckoo and 2×