wacky

adjective \ ˈwa-kē \

variants: or less commonly whacky

|Updated on: 2 Aug 2018

Examples: wacky in a Sentence

Definition of wacky

wackier also whackier; wackiest also whackiest

: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational : crazy

wacky ideas

a wacky comedian

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wackily

play \ˈwa-kə-lē\ adverb

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wackiness

play \ˈwa-kē-nəs\ noun

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Examples of wacky in a Sentence

My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.
the wacky world of his imagination

Recent Examples of wacky from the Web

Twitter, of course, gave vent to some wackier theories, including predictions of doom if the box were opened.

— declan walsh, New York Times, "Sarcophagus Found. Contents Unknown. (‘No Guessing, Please.’)," 13 July 2018
Things at Chicagoland — which is actually about an hour outside of the Windy City — have always been a little wacky, particularly with its Victory Lane celebrations that have included absurd trophies and the winner getting slimed.

— michelle r. martinelli, For The Win, "Remembering when a giant inflatable orange invaded NASCAR's Chicago track," 28 June 2018
The children like to try wacky pizza ingredients, such as M&Ms and radishes.

— alina dizik, WSJ, "The Rise of the Child-Friendly Luxury Kitchen," 14 June 2018
The flag's gone through several make overs Before the flag's current 50-star design, there were a number of versions, some wackier than others.

— josh axelrod and saeed ahmed, CNN, "It's Flag Day. Here are some fun facts about the American flag you may not have known," 14 June 2018
Despite his authoritarian record and wacky economic theories, the markets have always preferred Mr Erdogan and his AK to the fragmented opposition.

— The Economist, "Turkey’s opposition scents success against Erdogan," 2 June 2018
In contrast, Hamilton is wonderfully wacky as Susannah, the newbie director whose thesis at Yale involved performing Noel Coward in a swimming pool with puppets.

— patti restivo, Howard County Times, "Laurel Mill Playhouse presents 'Laughing Stock'," 6 July 2018
The show’s biggest draw will likely be a gigantic fantasy railway line crafted by Rowland Emett, a kinetic sculptor who brought Chitty Chitty Bang Bang inventor Caractacus Potts’ wacky creations to life in the 1968 film adaptation.

— meilan solly, Smithsonian, "Automata History Comes Alive in the ‘Marvellous Mechanical Museum’," 2 July 2018
But here in the pits at the Estoril Circuit outside Lisbon, the car makes a wacky kind of visual sense.

— basem wasef, WIRED, "McLaren's $958,966 Senna Hypercar Ain't Pretty, but It Can Whip a Track," 30 June 2018

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