wack

See also: Wack

English

Alternative forms

• whack

Etymology

Back-formation from wacky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæk/, /ʍak/

• Audio (AU):

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• Homophone: whack (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Adjective

wack (comparative wacker, superlative wackest)

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

   Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.

3. (slang) Crazy, mad, insane.
4. Cool, bizarre, and potentially scary.

Noun

wack (plural wacks)

1. An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.

Synonyms

• wackjob, wacko; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Translations

eccentric

• Finnish: kumma tyyppi, kummajainen (fi), outo lintu
• Russian: чудак (ru) m (čudak)
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• Swedish: galning (sv) c

Anagrams

• cawk