crackpot — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.

The Police Commissioner sat studying Frank the Flower for several minutes. Then he called the policeman who had arrested Frank. “You will have to lock this man up,” he said. “But treat him gently. He is a harmless crackpot.”

2

Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

adj

1

Eccentric or impractical.

a crackpot idea

While all this was happening Mr. Dies on February 1, 1943, in a long speech on the floor of the House attacked thirty-nine named Government employees as 'irresponsible, unrepresentative, crackpot, radical bureaucrats' and affiliates of 'communist front organizations.'

name

1

A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)

Collocations

4

ADJ.

'irresponsible, unrepresentative

VERB + CRACKPOT

called, listen

CRACKPOT + NOUN

genius, he's, idea, rad

ADV.

always

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a whimsically eccentric person

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.

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02

The Police Commissioner sat studying Frank the Flower for several minutes. Then he called the policeman who had arrested Frank. “You will have to lock this man up,” he said. “But treat him gently. He

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03

No one plots like Gaston / Takes cheap shots like Gaston / Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston

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04

a crackpot idea

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05

While all this was happening Mr. Dies on February 1, 1943, in a long speech on the floor of the House attacked thirty-nine named Government employees as 'irresponsible, unrepresentative, crackpot, rad

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06

He's a crackpot.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, crackpot is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.