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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Some powerful, important trends are still ongoing, some wacky ones are thankfully disappearing, and others are brand-new.
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
With Faber out, the Wild rallied behind him for a wacky 6-4 victory.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Colin Farrell was pretty much a shoo-in to win for The Penguin (movie star doing TV, buzzy HBO project, three hours of prosthetics each day, and that wacky gabagool voice), although Andrew Scott arguably did more nuanced and ferocious work in Ripley.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Irwindale has long been home to the weird, wacky and wonderful, from trailer and figure-8 races to all-female demolition derbies and RV auto soccer.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
With Faber out, the Wild rallied behind him for a wacky 6-4 victory.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Colin Farrell was pretty much a shoo-in to win for The Penguin (movie star doing TV, buzzy HBO project, three hours of prosthetics each day, and that wacky gabagool voice), although Andrew Scott arguably did more nuanced and ferocious work in Ripley.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Irwindale has long been home to the weird, wacky and wonderful, from trailer and figure-8 races to all-female demolition derbies and RV auto soccer.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Wacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wacky. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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