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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tack•y1 /ˈtæki/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - Buildingsticky to the touch;
adhesive:a tacky surface.
tack•i•ness, n. [uncountable]tack•y2 /ˈtæki/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - not tasteful or fashionable;
dowdy:a tacky outfit. - in poor taste;
vulgar;
improper:tacky jokes. - of poor quality;
shoddy:a tacky car. - shabby;
seedy:a tacky old motel.
tack•i•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tack•y1 (tak′ē),USA pronunciation adj., tack•i•er, tack•i•est. - sticky to the touch;
adhesive.
tack′i•ness, n. tack•y2 (tak′ē),USA pronunciation adj., tack•i•er, tack•i•est. - not tasteful or fashionable;
dowdy. - shabby in appearance;
shoddy:a tacky, jerry-built housing development. - crass;
cheaply vulgar;
tasteless;
crude. - gaudy;
flashy;
showy.
- 1880–85, American; apparently identical with earlier tack(e)y small horse, pony, poor farmer; of obscure origin, originally
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tacky, tackey /ˈtækɪ/ adj (tackier, tackiest)- slightly sticky or adhesive
Etymology: 18th Century: from tack1 (in the sense: stickiness)ˈtackiness n tacky /ˈtækɪ/ adj (tackier, tackiest) informal - shabby or shoddy
- ostentatious and vulgar
- US (of a person) dowdy; seedy
Etymology: 19th Century: from dialect tacky an inferior horse, of unknown originˈtackiness n |