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One who is or appears to be mentally deranged:
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(Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
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- (Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
- An odd or unconventional person
- A disk set off center on a shaft and revolving inside a strap that is attached to one end of a rod, thereby converting the circular motion of the shaft into back-and-forth motion of the rod
An insane person
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- An insane person
(Rare) A fanciful or unusual turn of speech or thought; conceit
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- (Rare) A fanciful or unusual turn of speech or thought; conceit
- A handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or to change rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa
- (Informal) A person who has odd, stubborn notions about something; eccentric
One who is crazy or deranged.
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- One who is crazy or deranged.
- Any of an order (Gaviiformes) of fish-eating diving birds, with a sharp bill and webbed feet, found mainly in subarctic regions: noted for its weird cry
- A crazy person
A foolish or crazy person.
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- A foolish or crazy person.
(Slang) A crazy or foolish person
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- (Slang) A crazy or foolish person
- Any of a family (Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes) of birds with a long, slender body, grayish-brown on top and white below: many, including the European species (Cuculus canorus), lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but the American species hatch and rear their own young
- The call of a cuckoo, which sounds somewhat like its name
(Slang) A crazy, stupid, or eccentric person
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- (Slang) A crazy, stupid, or eccentric person
(Slang) An empty-headed or silly person.
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- (Slang) An empty-headed or silly person.
- (Informal, former) A stone, stick, or other object suitable for throwing
- (Slang) An unspecified gadget or other small article, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten.
A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
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- A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
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- Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
- A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.
- A dry, indehiscent simple fruit consisting of one seed surrounded by a hard and thick pericarp (fruit wall). The seed does not adhere to the pericarp but is connected to it by the funiculus. A nut is similar to an achene but larger. Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts are true nuts. Informally, other edible seeds or dry fruits enclosed in a hard or leathery shell are also called nuts, though they are not true nuts. For instance, an almond kernel is actually the seed of a drupe. Its familiar whitish shell is an endocarp found within the greenish fruit of the almond tree. Peanuts are actually individual seeds from a seed pod called a legume.
(Baseball) A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.
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- (Baseball) A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.
- (Baseball) A ball thrown by a right-handed pitcher that curves to the right, or one thrown by a left-handed pitcher that curves to the left
- (Slang) A person who seems erratic, irrational, unconventional, or unbalanced
A strange person, event, or thing.
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- A strange person, event, or thing.
- (Informal) Someone or something weird.
A strange or eccentric person.
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- A strange or eccentric person.
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Find another word for crackpot. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for crackpot, like: crazy, eccentric, lunatic, crank, loon, loony, cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook and nut.
