Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An eccentric person, especially one with bizarre ideas.
- adjective Foolish; harebrained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal An
eccentric ,crazy orfoolish person. Akook . - noun informal Someone addicted to
crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See alsocrackhead . - adjective informal Eccentric or
impractical
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Referring to Republican Sarah Palin and what he characterizes as the "crackpot parade," he called the situation kind of "scary."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JANE TABER 2011
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Referring to Republican Sarah Palin and what he characterizes as the "crackpot parade," he called the situation kind of "scary."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JANE TABER 2011
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Re: Calling Tolstoy a crackpot is not only nonsense, it displays moral obtusity.
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Calling Tolstoy a crackpot is not only nonsense, it displays moral obtusity.
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The problem is, you can't tell the difference and so assume every crackpot is an Emperor Norton and so why the hell not listen to them, at least it'll be fun!
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Somewhere in Saudi Arabia, another crackpot is preaching the exact opposite message.
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The problem is, you can't tell the difference and so assume every crackpot is an Emperor Norton and so why the hell not listen to them, at least it'll be fun!
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In this case, is someone guilty of that old demon "liberal media bias" if they call a crackpot a crackpot because that would be the pro Obama position?
John Milewski: Unfair to the Unbalanced: When Fair and Balanced is Not Required 2009
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Of course, being a nutjob or crackpot is all a matter of perspective.
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Even in America, the only candidate referencing the Constitution is being called a crackpot.
bilby commented on the word crackpot
Drugs make you crazy.
November 26, 2008