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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wack
Slang.n.
A person regarded as eccentric.
adj., wack·er, wack·est.
Very bad: walked out of a really wack movie.
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noun
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 wackyadjective ; in sense 2, prob. shortened from wacky adjective or wacko adjective , the implication being that it is crazy to get involved with drug-taking.]
noun, orig US
1: Also whack. A crazy or eccentric person. (1938 —) .
G. F. Newman The cop shrugged. 'Some wack with a grudge' (1982).
2:
Atlantic Crack is wack. You use crack today, tomorrow you be bumming (1989).
[In sense 1, prob. back-formation from wacky
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