adj
Meaning 1
Eccentric or impractical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- a crackpot idea
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eccentric, impractical
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crackpot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/
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rhymes with -ækpɒt
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CMU ARPABET: K R AE1 K P AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crank, crazy, kook, live one, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, bizarro, coot, crackpot, eccentric, freak, glaik, hard case, oddball, oddity, odd bod, odd duck, odd fish, queerdo, queer fish, rum, strange bird, strange fish, strangeling, wack, wacko, weirdie, weirdling, weirdo, wild man, wingnut, basket case, basket weaver, crack, crazyhead, dingbat, fruit and nut case, fruit cake, fruit loop, fruitloop, head case, loony, loony tune, lunatic, madcap, madhead, mental case, nut, nutburger, nutjob, psycho, psychoceramic, schizo, screwball, space cadet, space pilot, unconventional, wackadoo, wackadoodle, whackjob, whacko, space case
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crackhead, crack whore, addict, abuser, fiend, slave, wastoid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a whimsically eccentric person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
History
Etymology
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ексцентричен (ekscentričen) — eccentric or impractical
- Bulgarian: ненормален (nenormalen) — eccentric or impractical
- Finnish: hassahtanut — eccentric or impractical
- French: loufoque — eccentric or impractical
- German: spinnert — eccentric or impractical
- Italian: folle — eccentric or impractical
- Russian: чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) — eccentric or impractical
- Russian: безумный (bezumnyj) — eccentric or impractical
- Catalan: boig — crazy person
- Catalan: sonat — crazy person
- French: fou — crazy person
- French: fêlé — crazy person
- German: Spinner — crazy person
- Italian: svitato — crazy person
- Italian: folle — crazy person
- Polish: świr — crazy person
- Russian: безумец (bezumec) — crazy person
- Slovak: blázon — crazy person
- Slovak: úchyl — crazy person
- Spanish: chiflado — crazy person
- Spanish: tarambana — crazy person
- Swedish: galenpanna — crazy person