Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wacky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wacke \Wack"e\, Wacky \Wack"y\, n. [G. wacke, MHG. wacke a large
stone, OHG. waggo a pebble.] (Geol.)
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the
alteration of basalt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wacky
adj 1: (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some
wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamie},
{cockamamy}, {fool(a)}, {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly}, {zany},
{unreasonable}]
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: {balmy},
{barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky},
{kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}]
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