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WHACKY
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Irregular inflected forms: whackier , whackiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Example:
it used to drive my husband balmy
Synonyms:
around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky
Classified under:
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ludicrous, foolish
Example:
some wacky plan for selling more books
Synonyms:
goofy; silly; wacky; whacky; zany
Classified under:
Similar:
foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
