Definition of wacky
wackier
or less commonlywhackier
;wackiest
or less commonlywhackiest
: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational : crazy wacky ideas a wacky comedian
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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
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Everyone from Falsettos seems to have had these wacky pre-fame jobs -- Christian Borle was a Macy’s elf and Andrew Rannells did voices for Yu-Gi-
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Deciding upon the wackiest part of the bottom of the sixth is no simple task.
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Five years later, Union JACK is still selling a version of this Britain: a weird and wacky island with certain cultural touchstones that everyone, Brexiteers and Remoaners alike, can love and share: tea, queuing, The Great British Bake Off.
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The best bass action seems to be with drop-shot, wacky rigged Senkos or shakey head jigs with a worm.
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Does the answer to finding a secure password lie in naming your pet a wacky, possibly unpronounceable name?
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The trick is to keep it simple — no need to layer a crazy print over another wacky pattern.
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Google had come to him with a wacky idea: Create a small, limited collection of phone cases that were just a little smarter.
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Some wackier designs rely on camera navigation or even require the rider to travel down the course facing backwards.
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Origin and Etymology of wacky
perhaps from English dialect whacky fool
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