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[ krak-pot ] / ˈkrækˌpɒt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crackpot ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical. adjectiveeccentric; impractical; fanatical: crackpot ideas. Origin of crackpotFirst recorded in 1860–65; from the phrase cracked pot Words nearby crackpotcrackly, cracknel, crack of dawn, crack of doom, crack on, crackpot, cracksman, crack the whip, crackup, crack willow, cracky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crackpotIndeed, Wolf's journey to the crackpot fringe was completed a long time ago. From ISIS to Ebola, What Has Made Naomi Wolf So Paranoid?|Michael Moynihan|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST In small steps, the crackpot architectural ideas of the past are becoming built parts of our cities. Why Architects Dream Big—and Crazy|Nate Berg|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But according to the Serious Men and Women of Washington, the FRC is not a crackpot outfit. Why Must We Take the Family Research Council Seriously?|Michael Tomasky|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST That has become the accepted theory, and anyone talking seriously about refrigerator mothers today would be considered a crackpot. Study Says Older Fathers Linked to Autism, Gives Mothers a Break|Hannah Brown|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Critiques were drawn of the various fashionable conservative notions, which made them seem gimmicky at best, crackpot at worst. Can Careful Mitt Romney Go Bold on Taxes at the CNN Debate?|Peter J. Boyer|February 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The possibility that the crackpot fringe could produce such a break-through panicked him. The Great Gray Plague|Raymond F. Jones "I remember he threw away what should have been your inheritance on a flock of crackpot ideas," he told her. A World Apart|Samuel Kimball Merwin Maybe the guy was a crackpot or phony, but it wouldn't hurt to hear his story. The Chameleon Man|William P. McGivern These had to be investigated—every lousy, crackpot one of them. The Great Gray Plague|Raymond F. Jones This wasn't any hit or miss revival, started by a crackpot, or by some schemer for his own enrichment. The Image and the Likeness|John Scott Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for crackpot
nounan eccentric person; crank adjective(usually prenominal) eccentric; crazy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crackpotkook, screwball, oddball, lunatic, maniac, nut, flake, crank, wacko, insane |