cuckoo clocknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʊk.uː ˌklɒk/us/ˈkʊk.uː ˌklɑːk/a decorative clock with a little wooden bird inside it that comes out every hour and makes a quick two-note sound like a cuckoo
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Watches & clocks
- 24-hour clock
- against the clock idiom
- alarm clock
- at/on the stroke of sth idiom
- bezel
- clock
- crystal
- hourglass
- lose
- minute hand
- movement
- pendulum
- radio alarm clock
- second hand
- slow
- strike
- watchband
- watchstrap
- winder
- wristwatch
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Examples from literature
- A cuckoo clock sounded.
- All was silent, save the tick-tick of the cuckoo clock in the corner.
- And the absurd cuckoo clock uttered its foolish sound to greet them.
- The Swiss cuckoo clock struck ten—eleven—twelve.
- There was a cuckoo clock hanging in Tom Turner's cottage.