The meaning of Psychopath

noun

An eccentric or foolish person.

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People who claim famous past identities are usually dismissed as crackpots

adjective

Eccentric; impractical.

Usage examples:

His head's full of crackpot ideas

noun

A crazy or strange person

Usage examples:

They obviously think we’re a bunch of crackpots.

verb

Turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine) in order to start the engine.

Usage examples:

The starter motor struggled to crank the engine

noun

A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.

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A long con rod which acts as a longer lever on the crank

noun

An eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject.

Usage examples:

When he first started to air his views, they labelled him a crank

noun

A long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.

Usage examples:

It is an important wintering ground for european migratory birds such as the white stork, the lesse…

adjective

Mad; crazy.

Usage examples:

People think you're cuckoo

verb

Take over (the home of a vulnerable person) in order to establish a base for illegal drug dealing in the area.

Usage examples:

The frightened woman confided to her support worker that her flat had been cuckooed by a gang selli…

noun

A cake containing dried fruit and nuts.

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A rich, moist fruit cake

noun

A cake containing small dried or sugar-covered fruit, nuts, and spices

Usage examples:

His wife's a real fruitcake but they get along great.

noun

Someone who enjoys listening to loud, energetic rock music

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You don't have to be a hardcore headbanger to like that kind of music., jagger introduced him as th…

noun

A mad or silly person.

Usage examples:

She was working with a bunch of loonies

adjective

Mad or silly.

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Loony drivers

adjective

Foolish or crazy

Usage examples:

He has loony ideas.

noun

A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.

adjective

Mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

A ward of lunatic old ladies

noun

A foolish or crazy person

Usage examples:

He drives like a lunatic., a lunatic criminal

noun

A person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour.

Usage examples:

When he sits in front of a playstation he transforms into a karate-choppin' maniac

combining form

Forming nouns corresponding to words ending in -mania.

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Kleptomaniac

noun

A person who has an unusually strong interest in an activity or subject

Usage examples:

My brother is a maniac when it comes to football., a homicidal maniac

noun

A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel.

Usage examples:

He was cracking nuts with his teeth

verb

Butt (someone) with one's head.

Usage examples:

I thought he was going to nut me in the face

abbreviation

(in the uk) national union of teachers.

noun

A mad or foolish person.

Usage examples:

Or in some cases, they were just complete borderline nutcases with sociopathic tendencies.

noun

Someone who behaves in an extremely silly way

Usage examples:

Only complete nutcases like myself swim in the sea in winter.

noun

A mad or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

No longer will they associate it with nutters, wackos and the irredeemably mad.

noun

An unstable and aggressive person.

Usage examples:

My ex is a total psycho

adjective

A psychopath.

combining form

Relating to the mind or psychology.

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Psychobabble

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or affected with a psychosis.

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A psychotic disturbance

noun

Relating to, denoting, or suffering from a psychosis.

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A psychotic disturbance

adjective

Suffering from psychosis (= severe mental illness)

Usage examples:

A psychotic disorder, his dislike of women bordered on the psychotic.

abbreviation

That is to say (introducing a word to be supplied or an explanation of an ambiguity).

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It [sc. gouache] was also popular in france

abbreviation

South carolina (in official postal use).

abbreviation

Small capitals (used as an instruction for a typesetter).

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) schizophrenic.

noun

A schizophrenic.

combining form

Divided; split.

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Schizocarp

noun

Someone who behaves or thinks in a strange and unpleasant, often sexual, way

Usage examples:

She's afraid of being attacked in the park by a sicko., the film is a grisly, sicko suspense ride.,…

noun

A person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour.

Usage examples:

Professor kets de vries says the world can neatly be divided into three distinct behavioural groups…

noun

A person who is completely unable or unwilling to behave in a way that is acceptable to society

Usage examples:

I'm telling you he's a complete/total sociopath.