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Meanings of wacky in English

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.

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Ludicrous, foolish.

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Usage of wacky in English
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The months ahead are likely to start on a rather wacky note.
The South African
2
A few years ago, a company called Spaceflight had a wacky plan.
Wired
3
One year I even participated in, and won, the wacky wellies competition.
The Irish Times
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As wacky as that is, it does have a link to reality.
Reuters
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And did he accept that signing the petition was a bit wacky?
Radio NZ
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It's reminiscent of Carsten Holler's wacky adult-sized playground in London's South Bank.
The Irish Times
7
Think dissolving letters, wacky animations and floods of binary a la Hackers.
The Irish Times
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If you don't go digging for meaning, it's just super-compressed wacky fun.
Wired
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Only in that wacky context does Ping An look like a bargain.
Reuters
10
Close to 700 bars, clubs and RSLs are saddled with wacky rules.
News.com.au
11
It promises to be like a scene from the wacky races .
The Irish Times
12
Photographer Maggie Shannon captures the weird and wacky scene in San Diego
Wired
13
The room was spinning like some kind of wacky animated drunk scene.
Skin Game
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The Prime Minister, John Key, has dismissed the plan, calling it wacky economics.
Radio NZ
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Other wacky features include heated roads and an underground delivery system.
News.com.au
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GO WEIRD:Looking for somewhere a bit wacky and beyond the norm?
The Irish Times
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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