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whacky

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whack⋅y

  [hwak-ee, wak-ee]
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–adjective, whack⋅i⋅er, whack⋅i⋅est.
Slang. wacky.

wack⋅y

  [wak-ee]
–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) + -y 1

Related forms:
wack⋅i⋅ly, adverb
wack⋅i⋅ness, noun
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wack·y   (wāk'ē)   
adj.   wack·i·er also whack·i·er, wack·i·est also whack·i·est Slang

  1. Eccentric or irrational: a wacky person.

  2. 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.
whack·y   (hwāk'ē, wāk'ē)   
adj.   Slang
Variant of wacky.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
wacky

  1. mod.
    loony; silly and giddy. : You are about the wackiest guy I ever met.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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