wacky

wack·y  (wk) also whack·y (hwk, wk)

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.

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[Variant of whacky, probably from the phrase out of whack; see whack.]

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wacki·ly adv.

wacki·ness n.

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wacky [ˈwækɪ]

adj wackier, wackiest

Slang eccentric, erratic, or unpredictable

[C19 (in dialect sense: a fool, an eccentric): from whack (hence, a whacky, a person who behaves as if he had been whacked on the head)]

wackily  adv

wackiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wacky - ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, whacky, zany colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
	2.	wacky - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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wacky

adjective unusual, odd, wild, strange, out there (slang), crazy, silly, weird, way-out (informal), eccentric, unpredictable, daft (informal), irrational, erratic, Bohemian, unconventional, far-out (slang), loony (slang), kinky (informal), off-the-wall (slang), unorthodox, nutty (slang), oddball, zany, goofy (informal), offbeat (informal), freaky (slang), outré, gonzo (slang), screwy (informal), wacko or whacko (informal) a wacky new comedy series

Translations

wacky [ˈwækɪ] ADJ (wackier (compar) (wackiest (superl))) [person] → chiflado; [idea] → disparatado
wacky baccy (Brit) (hum) → chocolate m, costo m

wacky [ˈwæki] whacky [ˈ^hwæki] adj [person, comedian, idea] → farfelu(e); [film, TV show, humour] → délirant(e)

wacky

adj (+er) (inf) → verrückt (inf)

wacky whacky [ˈwækɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → pazzoide