"Cuckoo" Example Sentences
1. The cuckoo bird sings its crazy song in spring.
2. The cuckoo clock's bird popped out of its door to announce the hour.
3. Grandma thought I was cuckoo for wanting to stay up all night.
4. The old bald man jogging at 3 am looked cuckoo to me.
5. Some people called her cuckoo because she believed in fairies.
6. I thought I went cuckoo for a second when I couldn't find my keys.
7. Her cuckoo for cocoa puffs behavior made me worry for her sanity.
8. Her ideas were so cuckoo that no one took her seriously.
9. The cuckoo clock chimed loudly and woke the baby up.
10. All of grandpa's cuckoo clocks synchronized at the hour.
11. The haunted house attraction made me feel cuckoo with fear.
12. The clock's cuckoo bird popped out five times to tell the time.
13. His crazy antics made people think he was a bit cuckoo.
14. That theory sounds completely cuckoo and impractical.
15. When I heard the cuckoo clock chime, I knew it was time for lunch.
16. The old lady collects cuckoo clocks from all over the world.
17. Gramps is as cuckoo as that bird he keeps in his clock.
18. She was so excited she was acting cuckoo.
19. I felt a bit cuckoo going to the store at 3 am just for ice cream.
20. His cuckoo ideas never work out in reality.
21. Kids love listening to cuckoo clocks and toy versions.
22. Soon she'll be sent to the cuckoo's nest!
23. The more time we spent there, the more cuckoo we became.
24. Don't you think that idea of hers is a bit cuckoo?
25. My mom thought I was going cuckoo with boredom during quarantine.
26. His pranks made everyone think he was cuckoo.
27. That cuckoo clock is driving me cuckoo!
28. Grandpa's entire house was filled with cuckoo clocks and figurines.
29. The cuckoo bird popped out and startled me.
30. I had a cuckoo dream last night that felt so real.
31. Her strange behavior made people wonder if she was cuckoo.
32. He acts more cuckoo every day.
33. You're getting cuckoo in your old age, grandpa!
34. The cuckoo clock's bird scared the cat half to death!
35. His ideas become more cuckoo with each passing day.
36. Playing that cuckoo clock song on repeat drove everyone nuts.
37. The cuckoo mask scared the children at the costume party.
38. The cuckoo bird popped out right as I walked by, startling me.
39. His wacky new plan is even more cuckoo than the last one!
40. You're going cuckoo listening to that cuckoo clock all day.
41. She thinks everyone else is cuckoo and she's the only sane one.
42. That theory sounds cuckoo banana!
43. Go cuckoo, cuckoo clock, tell me the time!
44. The old man acts more cuckoo every day.
45. The cuckoo bird started popping out at all hours of the day.
46. That joke was so old it was cuckoo.
47. His cuckoo clock collection takes up an entire room.
48. The little cuckoo bird popped out right as I walked by.
49. I'm going cuckoo being stuck inside all day!
50. Her cuckoo behavior drove everyone away.
51. Those are some cuckoo ideas you've got there!
52. The cuckoo bird got stuck halfway out of the clock.
53. This quarantine is making me go cuckoo!
54. Their cuckoo plans always fall apart.
55. The cuckoo bird's song helped me fall asleep.
56. That man is so cuckoo he should be locked away!
57. The cuckoo called the time loudly from the shelf.
58. Listening to that cuckoo clock all day is making me cuckoo!
59. Her cuckoo rambling made no sense at all.
60. His cuckoo antics always got a laugh.
Common Phases
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cuckoo - to lose one's mind or become crazy
cuckoo bananas - extremely crazy or silly
cuckoo clock - a clock with a bird-shaped compartment that pops out to announce the time
cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs - crazy or eccentric (originated from a cereal commercial)
cuckoo's nest - an asylum or place for the mentally ill (referring to the movie "One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest")
cuckoo in the head - insane or crazy in the mind
cuckoo nuts - crazy
go
cuckoo - act crazy or behave irrationally
cuckoo idea - an impractical or unfeasible idea
as
cuckoo as a
cuckoo clock - very crazy
off the
cuckoo's perch - crazy
cuckoo in the belfry - insane (belfry meaning the top of a church tower where bells are hung)
cuckoo for cocoa puffs - acting in a hyperactive, scatterbrained manner
Acting
cuckoo - Behaving in an insane, crazy or bizarre way
Cuckoo bird - The bird that lays its eggs in other birds' nests, used to symbolize crazy behavior
More common usages without phrases:
That idea is
cuckoo!
The old man's
cuckoo antics made everyone laugh.
She went completely
cuckoo after losing her job.