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crackpot ideas

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  • crackpot — UK [ˈkrækˌpɒt] / US [ˈkrækˌpɑt] adjective informal slightly crazy crackpot ideas Derived word: crackpot UK / US noun countable Word forms crackpot : singular crackpot plural crackpots …   English dictionary

  • crackpot — /krak pot /, Informal. n. 1. a person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical. adj. 2. eccentric; impractical; fanatical: crackpot ideas. [1860 65; from the phrase cracked pot] * * * …   Universalium

  • crackpot — crack|pot [ kræk,pat ] adjective INFORMAL slightly crazy: crackpot ideas ╾ crack|pot noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • crackpot — Noun. An insane or eccentric person. Adj. Mad, eccentric, unworkable. E.g. I m not going along with Suzanne s crackpot ideas …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • Crackpot — ist ein abschätzig gemeinter englischer Slangausdruck für eine Person mit exzentrischen Ansichten (ursprünglich allgemein: „Exzentriker“, „Spinner“, „Verrückter“).[1] In seiner eingeschränkten Bedeutung als „eine Person, die Theorien vertritt,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • crackpot — [[t]kræ̱kpɒt[/t]] crackpots ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy. [INFORMAL] ...a crackpot millionaire. ...crackpot schemes.… …   English dictionary

  • crackpot — 1. n. a fake; a person with strange or crazy plans. □ Some crackpot called to tell us that the sky is falling in. □ I’m no crackpot! I saw some of the sky floating in the lake. If it had fallen on land, someone might have been killed. 2. mod.… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • crackpot — {n.}, {attrib. adj.}, {informal} 1. {n.} An eccentric person with ideas that don t make sense to most other people. * /Don t believe what Uncle Noam tells you he is a crackpot./ 2. {attrib. adj.} * /That s a crackpot idea./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • crackpot — {n.}, {attrib. adj.}, {informal} 1. {n.} An eccentric person with ideas that don t make sense to most other people. * /Don t believe what Uncle Noam tells you he is a crackpot./ 2. {attrib. adj.} * /That s a crackpot idea./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • crackpot — noun attrib. adj. informal 1. noun An eccentric person with ideas that don t make sense to most other people. Don t believe what Uncle Noam tells you he is a crackpot. 2. attrib. adj. That s a crackpot idea …   Словарь американских идиом

  • crackpot — n A crazy person with unworkable ideas. Thor Pearson has some crackpot idea about making powdered water. 1910s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

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