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tacky tacky1 —tackiness, n. /tak"ee/, adj., tackier, tackiest. sticky to the touch; adhesive. [1780-90; TACK1 + -Y1] tacky2 —tackiness, n. /tak"ee/, adj., 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. [1880-85, Amer.; appar. identical with earlier tack(e)y small horse, pony, poor farmer; of obscure orig.] |