crackpot

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Noun

Singular crackpot

Plural crackpots

1. (informal) A crackpot is someone that is crazy and foolish, someone that is eccentric.

   That person must be a crackpot for giving an idea that does not work!

2. (informal) A crackpot refers to a person that is addicted to crack cocaine. A crackpot is a drug addict.

Adjective

Positive crackpot

Comparative more crackpot

Superlative most crackpot

1. When something is crackpot, it is crazy and foolish.

   This is such a crackpot idea. It is not possible for it to work in real life.