wackadoo

comparative more wackadoo · superlative most wackadoo · alternative whackadoo

1. slangCrazy, 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!

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   "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

   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

plural wackadoos · alternative whackadoo

1. slangA crazy person; wacko.

   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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   "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