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tacky
English
Etymology 1
tack +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæki/
- Rhymes: -æki
Adjective
tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)
- Of a substance, slightly sticky.
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:adhesive
Translations
Etymology 2
Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæki/
- Rhymes: -æki
Adjective
tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)
- (colloquial) Of low quality.
- (colloquial) In poor taste.
- Gaudy or flashy.
- Synonyms: flashy, showy, garish
- 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders
- Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was tacky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school.
- Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.
- Synonym: dowdy
Derived terms
- ticky-tacky
Translations
Noun
tacky (plural tackies)
- Alternative form of tackey
Anagrams
- Tyack
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tackily
English
Etymology
tacky +? -ly
Adverb
tackily (comparative more tackily, superlative most tackily)
- In a tacky manner.
tackily From the web:
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