coo-coo
SayKOO-koo/ˈkuku/
Pluralcoo-coos
- 1The two-note call of the male common cuckoo, or a cuckoo clock's imitation of it.
Every hour the kitchen clock interrupted dinner with a tinny coo-coo.
From somewhere across the valley came the first coo-coo of spring.
Similarcuckoo
- 2A murmured word or sound of love or affection.
Grandma bent over the crib and answered every gurgle with a soft coo-coo.
The couple in the back row traded sweet coo-coos all through the movie.
- 3A Barbadian dish made from cornmeal and mashed okra.
Sunday lunch at her aunt's house always meant flying fish with a mound of coo-coo.
Stir the cornmeal into the okra steadily, or the coo-coo will turn lumpy.
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