whacko

Example Sentences

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“Welcome to whacko land,” Podesta wrote in an email about the dust-up to Tina Flournoy, Bill Clinton’s chief of staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2016

This guy, he’s a whacko, he’s a whackjob, can you believe this?

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2016

Lonni is brave, interesting, funny and just a whacko.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2013

It's a routine that's become an October ritual: He steps into the batter's box, raises his right hand to ask the umpire for time to get set, waggles his shiny black bat, and then whacko!

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2011

Pi, Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain were demanding and rewarding in various ways: the first whacko, the second gritty, the third sumptuously romantic, and all marvelously dense with imagery.

From Time Magazine Archive