wacky

English

Alternative forms

• whacky

Etymology 1

From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæk.iː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æki

Adjective

wacky (comparative wackier, superlative wackiest)

1. Zany; eccentric.
   • 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.

   • 2013 September 25, Jonathan Jones, “Dissecting the Exploding Whale: why do modern art shows have odd names?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     How do artists and curators come up with titles for exhibitions? They seem to get wackier all the time.

Synonyms

• eccentric, zany

Derived terms

• wack
• wackily
• wackiness
• wacky cake
• wackyparse, wackyparsing
• wacky tobaccy
• wacky weed

 

Translations

zany — see zany

Etymology 2

Noun

wacky (countable and uncountable, plural wackies)

1. Alternative form of wacke

Anagrams

• cawky