wack¹

[wak]Slang.

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noun

wacko.

adjective

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

Origin of wack¹

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

wack²

[wak]

verb (used with or without object), noun

whack.

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Examples from the Web for wack

Contemporary Examples

And he can go from talking to his Wack Pack to talking to Julia Roberts.
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Kevin Fallon
July 16, 2014
Thankfully, the “mother of the Wack Packers” lived up to her reputation.
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Kevin Fallon
July 31, 2013
One of his most famous was the New York billboard he painted with the slogan “Crack is Wack.”
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Alice Cavanagh
April 19, 2013

Historical Examples

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
We made our way to the store of Wack Stillman, a favourite rendezvous for the loafers and off-works.
Adventures in Many Lands
Various

British Dictionary definitions for wack

wack

wacker (ˈwækə)

noun

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

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for wack

n.

"crazy person," 1938, back-formation from wacky. Adjective in slang sense of "worthless, stupid," is attested from late 1990s.

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Examples from the Web for wack

Contemporary Examples

And he can go from talking to his Wack Pack to talking to Julia Roberts.

Thankfully, the “mother of the Wack Packers” lived up to her reputation.

One of his most famous was the New York billboard he painted with the slogan “Crack is Wack.”