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hackier

hackier is the comparative form of hacky.

Meaning of hacky

Adjective (1)

hacky (comparative hackier, superlative hackiest)

  1. Like a hack; amateurish.
  2. (Geordie) Filthy or totally dirty.
  3. (informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  4. (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
    • s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.

Adjective (2)

hacky (comparative more hacky, superlative most hacky)

  1. (informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)

Questions about hackier

What is hackier the comparative form of?
Hackier is the comparative form of hacky.

Words near hackier in the dictionary

  1. hackfest
  2. hackfests
  3. hackfolk
  4. Hackgate
  5. hackie
  6. hackier
  7. hackies
  8. hackiest
  9. hackily
  10. hackiness
  11. hacking

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