- a variation of wacky.
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
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
But the counterintuitive mix of story and score felt gimmicky to me, and the convoluted story of a group of mixed-up lovers overcoming a litany of whacky obstacles became a chore to watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Now this here planet," he said cautiously, "is whacky in a lot of ways.
From Conquest Over Time by Michael Shaara
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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