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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

/ ˈ·Éæ°ìɪ /

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

  • ˈ·É²¹³¦°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ·É²¹³¦°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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  • ·É²¹³¦°ìi·±ô²â adverb
  • ·É²¹³¦°ìi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog 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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Example Sentences

"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.â€

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Pretty much every single one of them is what I call the “blue sheep†— they’re from a typical Southern, conservative family, and they’re the wacky liberal at the table.

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Ask almost any usher, broadcaster, staffer, player or coach about the “Big Redhead†who died in May at 71 and you’ll hear some appropriately wacky story about how he touched their lives.

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I wanted to be wild and wacky, like the buddy comedies we see a lot of in Hollywood.

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