whacky
Americanadjective
adjective
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Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Instead of disseminating useful information and debating important ideas, the internet is too often used to promote whacky theories and titillate users with inane gossip.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2023
"My idea was about a mother-daughter duo who have dreams, but there is something wrong - the daughter's marriage is off. So, they come up with whacky ideas about fixing her marriage."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2022
Dimming switches also don’t mesh with smart bulbs as dimming disrupts the power to the bulb, making it do whacky things like flicker or go unresponsive.
From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022
I liked the Prof. Such a fine old gentleman, to go whacky from so much success....
From Of Stegner's Folly by Shaver, Richard S.
We did the easy ones first, like unlimited screens and sweets, stay up all night; but then we thought of some whackier ones.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2018
But Heffernan has long celebrated the aesthetic potential of the web’s whackier and more whimsical corners.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2016
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