# cuckoos

Pronunciation: US say "KOO-kooz" /ˈkuː.kuːz/; UK say "KUU-kooz" /ˈkʊk.uːz/

## Noun

1. Plural of cuckoo. — plural of cuckoo
   - Simple: Plural of cuckoo. Use it when you mean more than one.
   - _We heard two cuckoos calling from the woods behind the cabin._
   - _The birdwatchers spotted several cuckoos in the trees near the river._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of cuckoo. — third-person singular simple present indicative of cuckoo
   - Simple: The form of cuckoo used after he, she or it in the present.
   - _The old clock in the hallway cuckoos loudly every hour._
   - _Every morning a bird outside my window cuckoos before sunrise._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cuckoos (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).