wack
/ˈwæk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
Slang
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Every record they ever made was straight-up wack."
- "Ya'll are so wack."
- "The next day, Phonte gets in, and I let him hear the song, and he goes, 'This dude is wack, but what’s up with that beat though?' And I said, 'It's ours.'"
- "When TMZ asked Bieber whether he can listen to The Weeknd’s music, the pop superstar replied, "Hell no I can’t listen to a Weeknd song. That shit's wack.""
- ""No, no, no," James said Wednesday (via ESPN). "That's wack. That's wack. Why? You got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That's corny. That’s corny. That's wack. To play for what? What are they playing for?""
- ""He's so wack for that," Jeffryes said of Prescott. "As a black man you should want to speak out against police brutality and racial injustice. You have a black father. One day you will have black children.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English whack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wackybf. English wack Back-formation from wacky. Alternatively, possibly a blend of white + black, in the sense that it may appear black on the outside, but it's really white on the inside. Compare oreo.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
wackly
wackness