variants
or less commonly whacky
wackier also whackier; wackiest also whackiest
: absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational
wacky ideas
a wacky comedian
Examples of wacky in a Sentence
My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.
the wacky world of his imagination
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Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
In it, Neeson is Frank Drebin Jr., the grizzled cop son of original star Frank Drebin (the incomparable late Leslie Nielsen), who also happens to be seemingly genetically predisposed to wacky happenstance in his day-to-day life.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
Unforeseen plot twists in your career could unnerve you when wacky Uranus in Gemini throws the sun off its game on August 24.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
Andrew Van Ginkel, LB, Vikings There isn’t a player who embodies defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ wacky system more than Van Ginkel.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 23 July 2025
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“Wacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wacky. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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wacky
adjective
wackier; wackiest
: amusing and very strange
wackily
adverb
ˈwak-ə-lē
wackiness
noun
ˈwak-ē-nəs
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