"wackadoo" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-wackadoo.ogg [Australia] Forms: more wackadoo [comparative], most wackadoo [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} wackadoo (comparative more wackadoo, superlative most wackadoo)
  1. (slang) Crazy, wacky. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wackadoo-en-adj-yY67EcR8 Disambiguation of People: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whackadoo

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wackadoo.ogg [Australia] Forms: wackadoos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wackadoo (plural wackadoos)
  1. (slang) A crazy person; wacko. Tags: slang Related terms: wackadoodle, whackadoodle
    Sense id: en-wackadoo-en-noun-QoLxOyPj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whackadoo

Inflected forms

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