Meanings
nounkook cord (plural kook cords)
plural kook cords
- datedhobbiesA leg rope.
As recently as 1971, surf leashes were called "kook cords" by a surfing world that grew up thinking that a surfer must pay for his mistakes by swimming.
2000, Ben Marcus, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=921
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
See kook (“unskilful boarder”).
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APA
kook cord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kook%20cord
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“kook cord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kook%20cord. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kook cord,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kook%20cord.
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