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wack

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[ wak ]
/ wæk /
Slang.
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noun

wacko.

adjective

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

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Origin of wack

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

Words nearby wack

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

Definition for wack (2 of 2)

wack2
[ wak ]
/ wæk /

verb (used with or without object), noun

whack.
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Words related to wack

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

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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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