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[ wak-ee ] / ˈwæk i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wacky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, wack·i·er, wack·i·est.Slang.odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books. Also whack·y [hwak-ee, wak-ee] /ˈʰwæk i, ˈwæk i/ . Origin of wackyFirst recorded in 1935–40; apparently whack (noun, as in out of whack) + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM wackywack·i·ly, adverbwack·i·ness, nounWords nearby wackywack, wacke, wacked-out, wack job, wacko, wacky, wacky tobacky, Waco, wad, WADA, wadable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wackySouthpaws have long had to endure being stereotyped as “weird” or “wacky,” but they should be grateful for their perceived strangeness. What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge?|Guy Molyneux|August 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight Washington, a truly masterful storyteller, grew up in what he calls “a wacky cult”—the Worldwide Church of God. NPR’s Smooth-Talking Millennial Whisperer|Batya Ungar-Sargon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The actor showed tremendous range in the role, bouncing between his wacky stand-up persona and gentler dramatic work. Robin Williams's Greatest Moments on Stage and Screen (Video)|The Daily Beast Video|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The onus is on one man to hold this wacky goulash of punditry together: Mike Tirico. World Cup Anchor Mike Tirico’s Bizarre History: Reports of Stalking and Sexual Harassment|Marlow Stern|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The man who holds ABC/ESPN's wacky goulash of World Cup punditry together strikes viewers as a paragon of congeniality. World Cup Anchor Mike Tirico’s Bizarre History: Reports of Stalking and Sexual Harassment|Marlow Stern|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The two wacky candidates combined for just over 5% of the vote with Brown pulling 3.3% and Bayes at 1.8%. Who Voted For Idaho's Weirdo Candidates For Governor?|Ben Jacobs|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The two biggest one give the old man two wacky, one each, an' the little one wouldn' give any. Jamaican Song and Story|Walter Jekyll If Jerry started for the swamp at this time of night he must be wacky! Swamp Island|Mildred A. Wirt
British Dictionary definitions for wacky
adjective wackier or wackiestslang eccentric, erratic, or unpredictable Derived forms of wackywackily, adverbwackiness, nounWord Origin for wackyC19 (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) 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 Words related to wackycrazy, unpredictable, eccentric, loony, nutty, silly, absurd, zany, foolish, odd, balmy, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, erratic, insane, irrational, lunatic, mad |