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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Glittery, jingle-bell covered brows are the the latest in the wacky brow trends taking over Instagram—remember wavy brows, or even better, feather brows?—but this one hits in that uncanny valley of somehow looking like a filter while not being one. — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, "Christmas Tree Eyebrows Are Taking Over Instagram," 27 Nov. 2018 After a wacky regular season, anything seems possible this month. — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, "NCAA tournament bracket: Selection committee gave credit for November wins," 11 Mar. 2018 The colorful and wacky men’s and women’s looks well captured the exuberance of the place dubbed France’s Studio 54. — Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, "Dior and Gucci theatrically kick off Paris Fashion Week," 24 Sep. 2018 The trailer for this film highlights a lot of wacky horror-thriller behavior, but doesn’t make the plot particularly clear — which is reminiscent of similar teases around Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods and Cloverfield. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "The Verge fall movie preview, October 2018," 5 Sep. 2018 Parents commiserated with Teigen in the comments section, mentioning their own kids’ wacky behavior. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Chrissy Teigen Is Feeling All the Emotions as Her Daughter Goes Off to School," 23 Aug. 2018 Sound like the set-up for dozens of 1940s wacky comedies and musicals? — John Timpane, Philly.com, "Hedgerow's 'Boogie Woogie Radio Hour': Look back to 1940s radio," 13 Jan. 2018 The app, where users can win cash prizes for correctly answering trivia questions presented live by a wacky host, captured the internet’s attention late last year. — Kurt Wagner, Recode, "HQ Trivia was a blockbuster hit — but internal turmoil and a shrinking audience have pushed it to the brink," 5 Nov. 2018 Image The Irish Rep production, led by Melissa Errico in the dual role of wacky Daisy Gamble and grand Melinda Wells, gives it a good go, on a very small scale. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: ‘On a Clear Day,’ Eternally Odd, Gets Yet Another Life," 28 June 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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