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WACKY (wackier, wackiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: wackier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, wackiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wacky mean? 

WACKY (adjective)
  The adjective WACKY has 2 senses:

1. ludicrous, foolishplay

2. informal or slang terms for mentally irregularplay

  Familiarity information: WACKY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WACKY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: wackier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: wackiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ludicrous, foolish

Synonyms:

goofy; silly; wacky; whacky; zany

Context example:

some wacky plan for selling more books

Similar:

foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Synonyms:

around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)


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