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wack

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Scrabble points
13
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14
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈwæk/

Definition of wack

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (slang)Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
    “Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.”
    “Ya'll are so wack.”
    “The next day, Phonte gets in, and I let him hear the song, and he goes, 'This dude is wack, but what’s up with that beat though?' And I said, 'It's ours.'”
    “When TMZ asked Bieber whether he can listen to The Weeknd’s music, the pop superstar replied, "Hell no I can’t listen to a Weeknd song. That shit's wack."”
    “"No, no, no," James said Wednesday (via ESPN). "That's wack. That's wack. Why? You got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That's corny. That’s corny. That's wack. To play for what? What are they playing for?"”
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adj

  1. (slang)Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
    “Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.”
    “Ya'll are so wack.”
    “The next day, Phonte gets in, and I let him hear the song, and he goes, 'This dude is wack, but what’s up with that beat though?' And I said, 'It's ours.'”
    “When TMZ asked Bieber whether he can listen to The Weeknd’s music, the pop superstar replied, "Hell no I can’t listen to a Weeknd song. That shit's wack."”
    “"No, no, no," James said Wednesday (via ESPN). "That's wack. That's wack. Why? You got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That's corny. That’s corny. That's wack. To play for what? What are they playing for?"”

noun

  1. An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.
  2. (dated)PCP, phencyclidine (as also whack).
  3. (UK)A friendly term of address.
    “A few well chosen words such as "Let's be having you wack!", works wonders. The dockers know that they've got a Scouse to deal with. I'm not saying that a Southerner couldn't handle the situation, but the job might well take longer.”
    “Leading Seaman Hanlon, a tough young man from the Liverpool docks, greeted him with, 'Wot's up with you, wack? Lost yer bleeding maor summat?'”
    “One of the young men stepped forward to explain. It was obviously an enthusiasm of his. 'Hey, Wack, gerron wiv it, eh?'”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Back-formation from wacky. Alternatively, possibly a blend of white + black, in the sense that it may appear black on the outside, but it's really white on the inside. Compare oreo.

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