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sekopää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • kook noun An eccentric or slightly crazy person.
  • loon noun A diving water bird known for its haunting, wailing call, found in North America and northern Europe.
  • nutcase noun Informal: a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person.
  • psycho noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.
  • screwball noun A baseball pitch thrown with a twisting wrist motion that curves opposite to a normal curveball.

Senses

sekopää is used for these senses in English:

  • kook (slang, chiefly, US) An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
  • loon (slang) A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.
  • nutcase (slang, chiefly, derogatory) Someone who is insane.
  • psycho (chiefly, derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
  • screwball (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.

kook — full definition

  1. noun An eccentric or slightly crazy person.
  2. noun In surfing and other boardsports, a beginner who lacks skill but acts overconfident.

loon — full definition

  1. noun A diving water bird known for its haunting, wailing call, found in North America and northern Europe.
  2. noun An informal word for a foolish or crazy person.

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