whacky

Example Sentences

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Two elephants trudged across a makeshift football field at Mexico's Guadalajara Zoo in a whacky attempt to predict the score of the 2026 World Cup's opening game.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

It just feels like something whacky will happen, but that should sharpen USC’s mettle for a very difficult stretch run.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Instead of disseminating useful information and debating important ideas, the internet is too often used to promote whacky theories and titillate users with inane gossip.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

Dimming switches also don’t mesh with smart bulbs as dimming disrupts the power to the bulb, making it do whacky things like flicker or go unresponsive.

From The Verge • Jun. 14, 2022

As the Pantomime and Music-hall poet sang, "Tooral looral lido, whacky smacky smack!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir