Noun: wackadoodle
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
"Everyone thought he was a wackadoodle for believing in alien abductions";
- nutter [Brit, informal], wacko [informal], whacko [informal], nutbar [N. Amer, informal], nutjob [informal], nutcake [US, informal], basket case [informal], fruitcake [informal], whackjob [N. Amer, informal], wackjob [N. Amer, informal], mentalist [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: wackadoodles
See also: madman
Type of: dag [Austral, NZ, informal], eccentric, flake [N. Amer, informal], geek [informal], oddball [informal]