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单词 ricky-ticky
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Definition of ricky-ticky in English:

ricky-ticky

adjective ˈrɪkiˌtɪki
US slang
  • Of music, especially jazz: old-fashioned, unsophisticated, trite; (of a band) performing such music. Also of a rhythm or tempo: even, repetitive, monotonous.

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune. From ricky-tick + -y, probably in order to create a rhyming compound.

 
 

Definition of ricky-ticky in US English:

ricky-ticky

adjectiveˈrɪkiˌtɪki
US slang
  • Of music, especially jazz: old-fashioned, unsophisticated, trite; (of a band) performing such music. Also of a rhythm or tempo: even, repetitive, monotonous.

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in The Chicago Tribune. From ricky-tick + -y, probably in order to create a rhyming compound.

 
 
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