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BNC: 21283 COCA: 13218

wacky

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wacky /ˈwæki/ adjective
wackier; wackiest
wacky
/ˈwæki/
adjective
wackier; wackiest
Learner's definition of WACKY
[also more wacky; most wacky] informal
: amusing and very strange古怪的;滑稽可笑的;荒唐的

— wackiness

/ˈwækinəs/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 21283 COCA: 13218
variants or less commonly whacky
wackier also whackier; wackiest also whackiest
: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational : crazy
wacky ideas
a wacky comedian
wackily adverb
wackiness noun

Example Sentences

My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter. the wacky world of his imagination
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Word History

Etymology

perhaps from English dialect whacky fool

First Known Use

circa 1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wacky was circa 1935
BNC: 21283 COCA: 13218

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