variants
or less commonly whacky
wackier also whackier; wackiest also whackiest
: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational
wacky ideas
a wacky comedian
Examples of wacky in a Sentence
My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.
the wacky world of his imagination
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
In many ways, Doctor Odyssey is the perfect network television show — one that combines all the wacky inanities of the Ryan Murphy universe with an endless recyclability of form and function.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Oh boy, wacky antics, including vomiting and other goofy altercations!
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The trailer reveals that DiCaprio plays Bob Ferguson, a wacky, disheveled revolutionary who’s trying to save his daughter.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Wacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wacky. Accessed 8 Apr. 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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