- whacky ['wækɪ] adj
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English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
whacky ['wækɪ] adj
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whacky — [wak′ē] adj. whackier, whackiest alt. sp. of WACKY … English World dictionary
whacky — adj. wacky, strange, odd; crazy, loony, silly (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
whacky — /hwak ee, wak ee/, adj., whackier, whackiest. Slang. wacky. * * * … Universalium
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 — whack•y [[t]ˈ(h)wæk i, ˈwæk i[/t]] adj. whack•i•er, whack•i•est sts wacky … From formal English to slang
wacky — adj. & n. (also whacky) sl. adj. ( ier, iest) crazy. n. (pl. ies) a crazy person. Derivatives: wackily adv. wackiness n. Etymology: orig. dial., = left handed, f. WHACK … Useful english dictionary
wack — adj inferior, worthless, unpleasant. A vogue term in use in the black hip hop and rap subcultures in the early 1980s. The term is probably derived from whacky. By the 1990s it was employed as an all purpose pejorative, also in use among British… … Contemporary slang
wacky — adj See whacky … Contemporary slang
whacked — adj a. abnormal, deviant, crazy b. unpleasant, unacceptable ► A more recent version of whacky and wack … Contemporary slang
wacky — wackily, adv. wackiness, n. /wak ee/, adj., wackier, wackiest. Slang. odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books. Also, whacky. [1935 40; appar. WHACK (n., as in out of whack) + Y1] * * * … Universalium
cockeyed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cross eyed, strabismic; slang, drunk (see drinking), twisted. See vision, distortion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tilted] Syn. crooked, awry, askew, twisted; see crooked 1 , oblique 1 . 2. [Foolish]… … English dictionary for students
