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tacky

1

[ tak-ee ]

adjective

tackier, tackiest.
  1. sticky to the touch; adhesive.


tacky

2

[ tak-ee ]

adjective

tackier, tackiest.
  1. not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
  2. shabby in appearance; shoddy:

    a tacky, jerry-built housing development.

  3. crass; cheaply vulgar; tasteless; crude.
  4. gaudy; flashy; showy.

tacky

1

/ ˈ³Ùæ°ìɪ /

adjective

  1. slightly sticky or adhesive

    the varnish was still tacky

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tacky

2

/ ˈ³Ùæ°ìɪ /

adjective

  1. shabby or shoddy
  2. ostentatious and vulgar
  3. (of a person) dowdy; seedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹³¦°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ³Ù²¹³¦°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³Ù²¹³¦°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tacky1

First recorded in 1780–90; tack 1 + -y 1

Origin of tacky2

1880–85, Americanism; apparently identical with earlier tack(e)y small horse, pony, poor farmer; of obscure origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tacky1

C18: from tack 1(in the sense: stickiness)

Origin of tacky2

C19: from dialect tacky an inferior horse, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

You ought to write me even if I’m tacky and I don’t write.

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To her, her longtime gig at the Razzle Dazzle isn’t just some tacky nudie show — it’s “the last descendant of Parisian Lido culture.â€

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Tom Cruise’s motorcycle tour from the boulevards of Paris to the Hollywood Hills in the ceremony’s tacky finale only increased concern.

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The former president’s supporters parked their souped-up pickup trucks covered in tacky decals and flags outside Carnegie Hall, blasting Kid Rock music and holding styrofoam busts poorly made up to look like Griffin.

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The Padres were tacky, but that was no excuse for Dodgers fans to be idiots.

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