variants or less commonly kookie
kookier; kookiest
: having the characteristics of a kook : offbeat, eccentric
kookiness noun

Examples of kooky in a Sentence

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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Bernthal has a bigger part this time and his character has been reworked into a comedic sidekick with his own kooky wiring. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Simplified spelling was now a national joke—the kooky obsession of an overzealous president and his merry band of misspellers. Gabe Henry, Time, 15 Apr. 2025 The clip featured Weaver interviewing teammates, posing for kooky photos, rapping and lots of weirdness. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025 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 29 Apr. 2025.

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