English Explanatory Dictionary

cuckooing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The call of a cuckoo.
  2. A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used as a base for their activities.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cuckoo

Word forms

cuckooing cuckooings

Etymology

The UK sense is by analogy from the bird's practice of brood parasitism.

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