wack

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Back-formation from wacky.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæk/, /ʍak/, X-SAMPA: /w{k/, /W{k/
• Homophone: whack (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Adjective

wack (comparative wacker, superlative wackest)

1. Egregious
2. (From hip-hop slang) bad (as in not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, inauthentic, lame, or strange.

   Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.

3. (slang) crazy, mad, insane

Noun

wack (plural wacks)

1. An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.

Synonyms

• wackjob
• wacko

Translations

eccentric

• Finnish: kumma tyyppi (fi), kummajainen (fi), outo lintu (fi)