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    WACKY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: wackier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, wackiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: wackier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: wackiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Informal or slang terms for mentally irregularplay

    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:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Ludicrous, foolishplay

    Example:

    some wacky plan for selling more books

    Synonyms:

    goofy; silly; wacky; whacky; zany

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    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)

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