kooky

adjective

ˈkü-kē How to pronounce kooky (audio)
variants or less commonly kookie
kookier; kookiest
Synonyms of kooky
: having the characteristics of a kook : offbeat, eccentric
kookiness noun

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I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers. if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends
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Camp’s turn here as a kooky neighbor who stumbles into an unexpected romance is exactly the kind of role that gets a room talking (and laughing). — Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026 Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest are back, too, as their kooky aunts, while Kidman’s character is now the kooky aunt to Bullock’s on-screen daughters, Joey King and Maisie Williams. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 For the kooky, mischievous and not-often-sober Shifty Gruff, Sheen was always the number one choice. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 The actor debuted a promotional photo shoot in support of his new movie Digger that gives a closer look at his kooky oil tycoon character from Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s upcoming satire. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for kooky

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kooky was in 1957

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“Kooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kooky. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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