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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

/ 藞迟忙办瑟 /

adjective

  1. slightly sticky or adhesive

    the varnish was still tacky

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tacky

2

/ 藞迟忙办瑟 /

adjective

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

  • 藞迟补肠办颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞迟补肠办颈濒测, adverb
  • 藞迟补肠办颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟补肠办顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tacky1

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

Origin of tacky2

1880鈥85, Americanism; apparently identical with earlier tack(e)y small horse, pony, poor farmer; of obscure origin
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亚洲网紅露点 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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Inversely, if you鈥檝e got money to spend and find secret fireplaces a little too tacky, good news: How does a fire moat sound?

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You ought to write me even if I鈥檓 tacky and I don鈥檛 write.

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To her, her longtime gig at the Razzle Dazzle isn鈥檛 just some tacky nudie show 鈥 it鈥檚 鈥渢he last descendant of Parisian Lido culture.鈥

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

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The former president鈥檚 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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