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1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers
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2
as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a kooky bicyclist who stubbornly refuses to wear a helmet that was a kooky thing to do
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Recent Examples of kooky
Shannon McCarthy brings out the kooky side of Maureen, Eboni Muse is dignified and restrained as the ever-patient Joanne, and Juwan Stanford is conflicted as Benny.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Not that kooks would think kooky things.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
There are also instructions for plenty of creepy cocktails and even craft projects for constructing kooky table decor to match.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s all these futurist painters and designers around, kooky poets like Filippo Marinetti who could out-beat the Beatniks who’ll come two generations later.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Not that kooks would think kooky things.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
There are also instructions for plenty of creepy cocktails and even craft projects for constructing kooky table decor to match.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s all these futurist painters and designers around, kooky poets like Filippo Marinetti who could out-beat the Beatniks who’ll come two generations later.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kooky
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The goggles, the GPS address and the laptop — all of it was strong evidence supporting the bizarre story Denise and Aaron had been telling all along.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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And the hour-long results that premiere on the platform Friday are a mix of the cerebral and silly that audiences have come to expect from the Problemista filmmaker and former Saturday Night Live writer.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Now, though, to look only at coaches with UNC already on their resume would be silly.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Why the Vaping Squirrels Trend Is Dangerous The viral clips might look funny, but the reality is far less cute.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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The explanation is kind of funny, but also very much a seasonal sign of renewal on the barrier islands.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Of course, sometimes the situation is more serious than stupid.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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The American people are not stupid and will not accept more failure theater from Republicans in Congress.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some 18 months ago, Mack said, the Royals launched a deep dive after Picollo broached the possibility of exploring strange new worlds.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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But rather than avoiding strange quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement, Bennett and Brassard embraced them.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Which is an absurd list of options for a kid who barely played high school ball.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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The question of whether California should abolish property taxes almost seems absurd.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Everyone got obsessed with weird things in the pandemic, like jigsaw puzzles or baking sourdough.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Running a restaurant can do some weird things to your head.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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If he was convicted, a jury would then have to decide whether Abril was insane when the park shooting occurred.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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And the culture is happily playing along in the name of this insane thirst of Stan culture to have something on the other side.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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