whacky

whacky
variant of wacky

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • whacky — [wak′ē] adj. whackier, whackiest alt. sp. of WACKY …   English World dictionary

  • whacky baccy — n marihuana. A humorous nickname from whacky (eccentric or crazy) and baccy (tobacco) …   Contemporary slang

  • whacky — /hwak ee, wak ee/, adj., whackier, whackiest. Slang. wacky. * * * …   Universalium

  • whacky — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See wacky …   English dictionary for students

  • whacky — whack|y [ wæki ] another spelling of wacky …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • whacky —  (alt.)/wacky (pref.) …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • whacky — (wacky) adj crazed, eccentric, insane. This now widespread colloquialism seems to have originated in northern English dialect meaning a fool (either by analogy with slap happy or as an imitation of quacking speech). The word was par ticularly… …   Contemporary slang

  • whacky — [[t](h)wæ̱ki[/t]] see wacky …   English dictionary

  • whacky — adj. wacky, strange, odd; crazy, loony, silly (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • whacky — adjective variant spelling of wacky …   English new terms dictionary

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