A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.

synonyms: bozo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany.

Roget 412: cry etc. v.; crying etc. v.; bowwow, ululation, latration^†, belling; reboation^†; wood-note; insect cry, fritiniancy^†, drone; screech owl; cuckoo.    wailing (lamentation) 839.    ... show more

Roget 104: repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm etc. 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.    chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello^†, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It], recapitulation.    cuckoo etc. (imitation) 19; reverberation etc. 408; drumming etc. (roll) 407; renewal etc. (restoration) 660.    twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]; periodicity etc. 138.    ... show more

Roget 19: imitation; copying etc. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint.    mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation etc. 554; semblance; copy etc. 21; assimilation.    paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature etc. 21.    plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit etc. (falsehood) 544; celluloid.    imitator, echo, cuckoo^†, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime; copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.    ... show more

Roget 407: roll etc. v.; drumming etc. v.; berloque^†, bombination^†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara^†; rataplan^†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari^†, racket; cuckoo; repetition etc. 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation etc. 408.    [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack.    hum, purr.    [animals that hum] hummingbird.    [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412.    ... show more

Dutch: oliebol

Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail.

Dutch: koekoek
Polish: kukułka

Repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call.

Roget 412: cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow^†; growl, snarl.    [specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]; bow-wow, yelp [dog]; bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]; yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr^†, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]; grunt, gruntle^†; snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]; squeak, [swine, mouse]; neigh, whinny [horse]; bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten]; meow [cat]; purr [cat]; caterwaul, pule [cats]; baa^†, bleat [lamb]; low, moo [cow, cattle]; troat^†, croak, peep [frog]; coo [dove, pigeon]; gobble [turkeys]; quack [duck]; honk, gaggle, guggle [goose]; crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow]; cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]; chuck, chuckle; hoot, hoo [owl]; chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds]; hum [insects, hummingbird]; buzz [flying insects, bugs]; hiss [snakes, geese]; blatter^†; ratatat [woodpecker].    ... show more