wacky

wack·y

(wăk′ē) also whack·y (wăk′ē, hwăk′ē)

adj. wack·i·er, wack·i·est also whack·i·er or 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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wack′i·ly adv.

wack′i·ness n.

wacky

(ˈwækɪ)

adj, wackier or 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)]

ˈwackily adv

ˈwackiness n

wack•y

(ˈwæk i)

also whacky

adj. wack•i•er, wack•i•est. Slang.

odd or irrational; crazy.

[1935–40; appar. whack (n., as in out of whack) + -y¹]

wack′i•ly, adv.

wack′i•ness, 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"

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

wacky

also whacky
adjective

1. Slang. So senseless as to be laughable:

absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.

Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy.

Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy.

2. Slang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

αποκλίνων

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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