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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Jeff, Aubrey, and Alison were like the Three Musketeers of kooky low-budget comedies. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 But, Arrietty has an edge that many other kooky girls don’t, one that could offer a good defense if Untucked ever calls for it. EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025 From the kooky episode that started it all to a recent front-runner, here is every Bob’s Burgers Christmas episode, ranked. Lillian Brown, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024 Together, its ensemble of top-flight actors, including Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Mare Winningham, David Rasche, and Barbie Ferreira, forms a kooky family barreling toward a festive, collective meltdown. Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 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 22 Jan. 2025.

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