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whackjob

UK/ˈwækd͡ʒɒb//ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/

whackjob noun: a crazy, possibly dangerous, person.

Noun

whackjob (plural whackjobs)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
    • "He called the guy who owns the gun shop a 'whackjob' and said he's going to take him down if it's the last thing he does."1992, Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch
    • One of America's most prominent Confederistas is Michael Hill, head whackjob at the looney League of the South—an obscure organization that has already declared southern cultural independence.2003, Michael Graham, Redneck Nation: How the South Really Won the War

Synonyms of whackjob

Forms of whackjob

pluralwhackjobs
alternative formwackjob
alternative formwhack job

Origin of whackjob

From whack(y) + job(bie).

Questions about whackjob

What does whackjob mean?
Whackjob means a crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
What part of speech is whackjob?
Whackjob is a noun.
How do you pronounce whackjob?
Whackjob is pronounced /ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/ (US).
What is the plural of whackjob?
The plural of whackjob is whackjobs.

Words near whackjob in the dictionary

  1. whacking off
  2. whacking one out
  3. whacking out
  4. whacking up
  5. whackings
  6. whackjob
  7. whackjobs
  8. whacko
  9. whackoes
  10. Whackopedia
  11. whackos

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