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Webster 1913 Edition
Wacky
{
Wack′e
,Wack′y
, }Noun.
[G.
wacke
, MHG. wacke
a large stone, OHG. waggo
a pebble.] (Geol.)
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wacky
WACKY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
wacky
wacky
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwæk.iː/
- Rhymes: -æki
Adjective
wacky (comparative wackier, superlative wackiest)
- zany; eccentric
- 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:
- 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.
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Synonyms
Translations
zany — see zany
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
wacky (countable and uncountable, plural wackies)
- Alternative form of wacke