different between wacky vs hacky

English

Alternative forms

• whacky

Etymology 1

From whack, meaning someone who whacked their head onto something often, hence being weird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wæk.i?/
• Rhymes: -æki

Adjective

wacky (comparative wackier, superlative wackiest)

1. zany; eccentric

Synonyms

• eccentric, zany

Derived terms

• wack
• wacky baccy
• wackyparse, wackyparsing

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

wacky (countable and uncountable, plural wackies)

1. Alternative form of wacke

Anagrams

• cawky

English

Etymology

hack +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æki

Adjective

hacky (comparative hackier, superlative hackiest)

1. Like a hack; amateurish.
2. (Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
3. (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
4. (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.

   A hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath. A hacky howl.

Synonyms

• hackish

Derived terms

• hackily

Related terms

• dirty (Standard English)
• dorty (Tyneside)
• hacky dorty (Tyneside)
• unclean (Standard English)

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• hacky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “hacky” at Wordnik (Forwards to “hacking”, where “hacky” is listed.)