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wack

1
[ wak ]
/ wæk /
Slang.
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noun

wacko.

adjective

very bad: All drugs are bad, but crack is wack.
extreme; far-out.

RELATED WORDS

figure, personality, case, customer, oddball, freak, oddity, eccentric, nut, queer, personage, clown, weirdo, spook, crank, original, card, duck, zombie

Nearby words

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

Origin of wack

1
First recorded in 1935–40; perhaps back formation from wacky

Definition for wack (2 of 2)

wack

2
[ wak ]
/ wæk /

verb (used with or without object), noun

whack.
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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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