variants
or less commonly whacky
wackier also whackier; wackiest also whackiest
: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational
wacky ideas
a wacky comedian
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My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.
the wacky world of his imagination
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But sketches don’t work without a straight man, and Hartman was always the smooth operator gluing a million wacky sketches together with a casual smile.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
This is because the Moon is in your sign at odds with wild, wacky Uranus.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025
The wacky sketch indeed sees the quartet discussing politics — including the then-unfolding Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal — while sitting atop live donkeys, swinging lassos, smoking pipes, and being shot by stray arrows.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The novella draws inspiration from all-time classic Bringing Up Baby, which puts paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) in the path of wacky heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
This is because the Moon is in your sign at odds with wild, wacky Uranus.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025
The wacky sketch indeed sees the quartet discussing politics — including the then-unfolding Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal — while sitting atop live donkeys, swinging lassos, smoking pipes, and being shot by stray arrows.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The novella draws inspiration from all-time classic Bringing Up Baby, which puts paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) in the path of wacky heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and her pet leopard, Baby.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Wacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wacky. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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wacky
adjective
wackier; wackiest
: amusing and very strange
wackily
adverb
ˈwak-ə-lē
wackiness
noun
ˈwak-ē-nəs
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