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wackadoo en · ADJ

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  1. (slang) Crazy, wacky.
    • See, it was these wackadoo inventions that finally got to me. That's why I asked for the trial separation. 1992, Barbara Dillon, Paul Casale, My Stepfather Shrank!:
    • Grandmothers go wackadoo over handmade cards. She'll be so happy she'll give you more money on your next birthday. 2006, Jo-Ann Mapson, The Owl and Moon Cafe:
    • "Betty's driving me wackadoo." "Betty?" I puzzle, stepping out the door behind her. "The wicked stepmother. Betty Crocker." 2005, Judith Ryan Hendricks, The Baker's Apprentice:

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most wackadoo Degree=Sup lexicographic
more wackadoo Degree=Cmp lexicographic
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wackadoo en · NOUN

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  1. (slang) A crazy person; wacko.
    • "If you know anything about the wackadoo who cut that girl up, I want to hear it. I'll be inside," he said, and walked away. 1994, James Elliott, Cold, Cold Heart:
    • Still, she felt like a wackadoo sometimes, even if she knew she was too hard on herself; she should cut herself some slack. 1987, Geoffrey Wolff, Providence:

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whackadoo alternative lexicographic
wackadoos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

wackadoodle · whackadoodle