wack

[ wak ]

/ wæk /

Slang.

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noun

wacko.

adjective

very bad: All drugs are bad, but crack is wack.

extreme; far-out.

Words nearby wack

wabbit, wabble, wabbly, wac, wace, wack, wacke, wacked-out, wacko, wacky, wacky tobacky

Origin of wack

First recorded in 1935–40; perhaps back formation from wacky

Definition for wack (2 of 2)

wack²

[ wak ]

/ wæk /

verb (used with or without object), noun

whack.

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Examples from the Web for wack

And he can go from talking to his Wack Pack to talking to Julia Roberts.
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Thankfully, the “mother of the Wack Packers” lived up to her reputation.
My Night at ‘America’s Got Talent’ With Mariann From Brooklyn|Kevin Fallon|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One of his most famous was the New York billboard he painted with the slogan “Crack is Wack.”
Keith Haring’s Public, Political Art at Paris’s Musée D’Art Moderne|Alice Cavanagh|April 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We made our way to the store of Wack Stillman, a favourite rendezvous for the loafers and off-works.
Adventures in Many Lands|Various

I throw out the dirt: (M) wapattikosch; (R) wacktóhsch (wack short).
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

British Dictionary definitions for wack

wack

wacker (ˈwækə)

/ (wæk) /

noun

Liverpool and Midland English dialect friend; pal: used chiefly as a term of address

Word Origin for wack

perhaps from dialect wack or whack to share out, hence one who shares, a friend

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wack

noun

adjective

Words related to wack

Words nearby wack

Origin of wack

Definition for wack (2 of 2)

verb (used with or without object), noun

Examples from the Web for wack

British Dictionary definitions for wack

wacker (ˈwækə)

noun

Word Origin for wack