kukac

From Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian kúkac (“insect”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɒt͡s]
• Hyphenation: ku‧kac

kukac (plural kukacok)

1. maggot (soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect)
   • 1925, Géza Gárdonyi, “Hernyó”, in Mai csodák‎:

     Mert abból a kukacból, ami a cseresznyében van, kis fekete légy lesz.

     Because maggots found in cherries turn into small black flies.

2. (Internet) at sign, at (the symbol @, most commonly used in e-mail addresses)
   • 2009, “Munkaajánlatok a járásban”, in Új Szó‎, volume 62, number 283:

     Az életrajzokat a dunauto-kukac-dunauto-pont-com e-mail címre küldjék.

     Send your CV to the following email address: dunauto-at-dunauto-dot-com.

3. (childish, slang) willy, wee-wee (penis, especially that of a prepubescent boy)
   • 1997, Csaba Lászlóffy, “Külső zajok”, in Pannon Tükör‎, volume 2, number 5:

     Inkább törődj most a kis kukacoddal.

     Now you'd better get busy with your little willy.

• gyáva kukac
• kukacos
• sajtkukac

The word entered the standard language from the Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian dialect, morphologically from kȕka (“hook”) + diminutive suffix -ac.

kukac m (Cyrillic spelling кукац) (Croatia)

1. insect
2. bug
3. beetle