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wacky

Also ɳ󲹳·

[wak-ee]

adjective

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

    They had some wacky plan for selling more books.



wacky

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. slangeccentric, erratic, or unpredictable

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Other Word Forms

  • wackily adverb
  • wackiness noun
  • ˈɲ쾱 adverb
  • ˈɲ쾱Ա 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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She’s our mother, our grandmother, our wacky aunt and the woman striking up a conversation with us in the checkout line at Kohl’s.

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Moving scenes reveal his personal life and its connections with his music, but as he reaches the New World wacky ones begin to creep in.

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Devo was incredibly close to topping this list, as the band brought its signature wacky and whimsical show to Pasadena.

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Skimpy costumes, wacky performances and furious flag-waving... it can only be Eurovision.

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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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