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wacky

[ wak-ee ]

adjective

Slang.
wackier, wackiest.
  1. odd or irrational; crazy:

    They had some wacky plan for selling more books.



wacky

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    eccentric, erratic, or unpredictable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɲ쾱, adverb
  • ˈɲ쾱Ա, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ɲi· adverb
  • ɲi·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wacky1

First recorded in 1935–40; apparently whack (noun, as in out of whack ) + -y 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wacky1

C19 (in dialect sense: a fool, an eccentric): from whack (hence, a whacky, a person who behaves as if he had been whacked on the head)
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He’s also been transformed into a stereotypical, lightsaber-brandishing nerd with a wardrobe of wacky T-shirts.

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"That was about as wacky as it got."

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In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump called James a "wacky crook".

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"It's set in this alternative world where the UN steps in to implement strict laws where everyone has to be equal," he says, describing it as a "wacky little story".

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With its upstairs-downstairs dynamic — the “us” and “them” of it is explicitly laid out — large cast and grand beehive setting, it suggests a wackier contemporary American “Gosford Park.”

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