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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hack•neyed /ˈhæknid/USA pronunciation adj. - commonplace or trite;
very ordinary and uninteresting:The play had a hackneyed plot.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hack•neyed (hak′nēd),USA pronunciation adj. - made commonplace or trite;
stale;
banal:the hackneyed images of his poetry.
overdone, overused. See commonplace. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hackneyed /ˈhæknɪd/ adj - (of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped
hack•ney (hak′nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -neys, adj., v. n. - TransportAlso called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire;
cab. - Dog and Cat Breedsa trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like.
- Dog and Cat Breedsa horse used for ordinary riding or driving.
- Dog and Cat Breeds(cap.) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait.
adj. - let out, employed, or done for hire.
v.t. - to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
- to use as a hackney.
- Middle English hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England 1300–50
- Place Namesa borough of Greater London, England. 206,200.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hackney /ˈhæknɪ/ n - a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
- a coach or carriage that is for hire
- a popular term for hack2
vb - (tr; usually passive) to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use
Etymology: 14th Century: probably after Hackney, where horses were formerly raised; sense 4 meaning derives from the allusion to a weakened hired horse |