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• whacked-out
  whacked-out

  adjective

  tired; exhausted; worn-out.
• whacked out
  whacked out

  Tired out, exhausted, as in They were whacked out after that long flight . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

whacked-out

American  

[hwakt-out, wakt-] / ˈʰwæktˈaʊt, ˈwækt- /

adjective

Slang.

1. tired; exhausted; worn-out.

2. wacky; crazy.

3. stupefied or crazed by narcotic drugs or alcohol; stoned.

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whacked out Idioms  

1. Tired out, exhausted, as in They were whacked out after that long flight . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

2. Crazy, especially under the influence of drugs. For example, She looked whacked out when the police picked her up . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

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Etymology

Origin of whacked-out

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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“We had a tour bus come by our home and our business with all these whacked-out people in it,” he said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

"Me You Madness" is certainly, deliberately outrageous — Catherine dances with body parts to "Let's Hear It for the Boy" in one whacked-out sequence.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2021

But Tour Bus isn’t merely laughing at whacked-out musicians.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2020

Nearly 35 years later, the Hot 100 is crowned by a track that’s even more whacked-out and skittery than “Somebody’s Watching Me.”

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2018

All these years, I never considered the possibility that my father—my well-meaning but occasionally whacked-out father—might be walking around with a broken heart, carrying a pain too awful to talk about.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

“But it’s going to be whacked out in a wonderful way.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

He whacked out gamely, but never did get it down as Pan got out of his own trouble on the left of the green and drained an eight-footer for an up-and-down par.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2021

After all, most people who have had even a mild version of the coronavirus have reported they were whacked out for the best part of a week and good for next to nothing.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020

So I took them home and then just whacked out a quick voiceover and stuck them up.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2020

“A boat,” I said, “unless I’m so whacked out that I’m imagining things. I swear it’s coming this way.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen