wacky
[ wak-ee ]
adjective,wack·i·er, wack·i·est.Slang.
odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
Origin of wacky
1- Also whack·y [hwak-ee, wak-ee] /ˈʰwæk i, ˈwæk i/ .
Other words from wacky
- wack·i·ly, adverb
- wack·i·ness, noun
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How to use wacky in a sentence
Yet the wackier doctrines in “I Believe” are not as central as the satire suggests.
The Core Mormon Teaching the LDS Church Didn’t Jettison | Jay Michaelson | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for wacky
wacky
/ (ˈwækɪ) /
adjectivewackier or wackiest
slang eccentric, erratic, or unpredictable
Origin of wacky
1C19 (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)
Derived forms of wacky
- wackily, adverb
- wackiness, noun
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