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wackadoodle

US/ˈwækəˌdudəl/

wackadoodle adjective: crazy, irrational, or eccentric.

Adjective

wackadoodle (comparative more wackadoodle, superlative most wackadoodle)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
    • Within an hour, forty people were stuffed into his apartment, all carrying gifts, dressed for a party, and it quickly became obvious he'd prearranged a party for himself and not told me. Okay. That's a bit wackadoodle.2006, Kirsten Lobe, Paris Hangover, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 45
    • You will discover this soon, if you haven't already: Exposure to pregnancy and moms with newborns often causes otherwise rational people to say and do inexplicably inane things (and don't even get us started on the people who started out not-so-rational; they turn completely wackadoodle).2009, Claire Mysko, Magali Amadeï, Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?: The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby, Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 175

Noun

wackadoodle (plural wackadoodles)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A crazy, irrational, or eccentric person.
    • "It's not funny, Mom! I use that mitt all the time. What kind of wackadoodle poops in her sister's baseball glove, for crying out loud?"2013, Meg Tilly, A Taste of Heaven, Puffin, →ISBN
    • Once I was in the program, I was assigned a psychologist for psych testing to determine whether I was a true wackadoodle.2014, Caren S. Dillman, I Lost My Marbles: A Personal Story of Childhood Betrayal, Secrecy, Shame & Restoration, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 85

Forms of wackadoodle

Adjective
comparativemore wackadoodle
superlativemost wackadoodle
alternative formwhackadoodle
Noun
pluralwackadoodles

Questions about wackadoodle

What does wackadoodle mean?
Wackadoodle means crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
What part of speech is wackadoodle?
Wackadoodle can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce wackadoodle?
Wackadoodle is pronounced /ˈwækəˌdudəl/ (US).

Words near wackadoodle in the dictionary

  1. wack
  2. wack out
  3. wack shack
  4. wack shacks
  5. wackadoo
  6. wackadoodle
  7. wackadoodles
  8. wackadoos
  9. wackaging
  10. wackaloon
  11. wackaloons

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