"spacky" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-spacky.ogg [Australia] Forms: spackier [comparative], spackiest [superlative]
Etymology: spack + -y, ultimately from spastic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spack|y}} spack + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} spacky (comparative spackier, superlative spackiest)
  1. (UK, slang) clumsy or foolish; mentally or physically inept Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-spacky-en-adj-MW41YBid Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Noun

Audio: En-au-spacky.ogg [Australia] Forms: spackies [plural]
Etymology: spack + -y, ultimately from spastic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spack|y}} spack + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} spacky (plural spackies)
  1. (UK, slang) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-spacky-en-noun-vJB8I3-s Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 36 64

Inflected forms

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