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wack

 
(wăk) pronunciation Slang.
n.
A person regarded as eccentric.

adj., wack·er, wack·est.
Very bad: walked out of a really wack movie.

[Back-formation from WACKY.]


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noun, orig US

1:
Also whack. A crazy or eccentric person. (1938 —) .
G. F. Newman The cop shrugged. 'Some wack with a grudge' (1982). adjective

2:
US Esp. with reference to (use of) the drug 'crack': bad, harmful. (1986 —) .
Atlantic Crack is wack. You use crack today, tomorrow you be bumming (1989).

[In sense 1, prob. back-formation from wacky adjective; in sense 2, prob. shortened from wacky adjective or wacko adjective, the implication being that it is crazy to get involved with drug-taking.]


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