wacky
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bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
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The festival, which started in 1976, is bringing wacky comedy shows, unique music performances, daring jousts, acrobatics, hypnotics and even big cats to 10 stages around the 30-acre festival grounds, located 30 minutes south of Denver in Larkspur. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, "Hear ye, hear ye! Make haste to the Colorado Renaissance Festival," 18 June 2019 Before a gathering of 28,535 short-sleeved customers, Evan Longoria’s two-run double and Pablo Sandoval’s sacrifice fly took the spotlight off a wacky fifth inning. — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Evan Longoria’s two-run double keys Giants’ victory over Padres," 11 June 2019 Relativity is now accepted by the scientific community, and its many predictions continue to be tested in wacky ways, from experiments that use atomic clocks to observations of colliding neutron stars. — Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, "How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Made Einstein the World's Most Famous Scientist," 24 May 2019 And although that moment was wonderfully wacky, Turner is opening up about the challenges the two faced before their nuptials. — Vogue, "Sophie Turner Opens Up About Getting “Cold Feet” Before Marrying Joe Jonas," 20 May 2019 The irony isn't lost on us, considering that the Kona's extroverted exterior styling is sort of a modern interpretation of the wacky Isuzu. — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, "With the 2019 Hyundai Kona Iron Man Edition, MCU Means Marvel Car Universe," 10 May 2019 And today in totally wacky toy news… Squeezamals (not to be confused with their talkative friends, Hatchimals) apparently are the latest craze to sweep kids' wish lists. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "If Your Kids Love Hatchimals They're Going to Freak Over This New Squeezamals Game," 9 Jan. 2019 This wacky and whimsical approach to design is a complete fantasy; it’s purpose is to engage and inspire but also to tap into our psyche. — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, "Behold the Campiest Rooms of All Time," 7 May 2019 Anything is possible from Google's wacky hardware labs. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Liveblog: Google’s annual hardware launch event was this morning," 9 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wacky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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