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wack·y

[wak-ee] Pronunciation Key

–adjective, wack·i·er, wack·i·est. Slang.

odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.

Also, whacky.

[Origin: 1935–40; appar. whack (n., as in out of whack) + -y¹

]

—Related forms

wack·i·ly, adverb

wack·i·ness, noun

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wack·y (wāk'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj. wack·i·er also whack·i·er, wack·i·est also whack·i·est Slang

Eccentric or irrational: a wacky person.
Crazy; silly: a wacky outfit.

[Variant of whacky, probably from the phrase out of whack; see whack.]

wack'i·ly adv., wack'i·ness n.

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wacky

"crazy, eccentric," 1935, variant of whacky (n.) "fool," late 1800s British slang, probably ultimately from whack "a blow, stroke," from the notion of being whacked on the head one too many times. Wack "crazy person" is a 1938 back-formation; extended form wacko is recorded from 1977. Wack in slang sense of "worthless, stupid," is attested from late 1990s.

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wacky
adjective
1.	ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie]
2.	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy]

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