any of various large cuckoos (mainly either Cuculus tenuirostris or C. lathami) (genus Eudynamys) of India, that lay eggs in the nests of other birds and is noted for its characteristic soft cry; Indian cuckoo; a koel.

a burning piece of wood; a fire-brand.

a prolonged period of famine and drought.

= ಕುಕ್ಕ2.

= ಕುಕಿಲು2.

any of birds of Cuculidae family (order: Cuculiformes), with a long, slender body, greyish-brown on top and white below, which lay eggs in the nests of other birds; a cuckoo; a koel.

the call of a cuckoo.

a fire made of chaff or husks.

a hole, ditch filled with stakes.

a table land by the side of a hill.

= ಕಗ್ಗಾವಳ.

a time or season that is not favourable or auspicious; an unpropitious time.

a sweet and low tone.

the plant Solanum indicum of Solanaceae family; wild Indian brinjal.

its fruit.

the plant Anamirta paniculata (= Anamirta cocculus, = Cocculus indicus) of Menispermaceae family.

its berry.

= ಕುಕಿಲು1.

to make the soft, long sounds of cuckoos.

to shout aloud.

the plant Luvunga eleutherandra of Rutaceae family; trifoliate climbing lime.

its berry.

a perfume made from its berries.

the act or fact of boiling (as water); a boiling or bubbling up; ebullition.

= ಕುಕಿಲು2.

the act of making someone or something the object of scornful laughter by joking, mocking, etc.; derision.

(dial.) the act of causing laughter, pleasant tingling, etc. by exciting the surface nerves by touching or storking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc.; tickle.

to apply light touches or strokes to (a person or part of a person's body) so as to excite the nerves and usu. produce laughter and spasmodic movement; to tickle.

a short leg (as of human beings, table etc.).

a black bird of the genus Corvus; a crow.

a large glossy black species of crow; raven.

the quality or condition of not being friendly; unfriendliness; hostility.

a kind of poison.

a great forest fire; conflagration.

a division of the infernal region or hell.

one who makes articles of baked clay; a potter.

a snake.

a mature uncastrated male pig; a boar.

a crow like bird, Centropus rufipennis; a crow-pheasant.