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hacky

hacky adjective: like a hack; amateurish.

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)

Synonyms of hacky

Forms of hacky

comparativehackier
superlativehackiest
comparativemore hacky
superlativemost hacky

Origin of hacky

From hack + -y.

Alteration of hackneyed.

Words formed from hacky

Phrases with hacky

Words that rhyme with hacky

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Questions about hacky

What does hacky mean?
Hacky means like a hack; amateurish.
What part of speech is hacky?
Hacky is an adjective.

Words near hacky in the dictionary

  1. Hackwells
  2. hackwork
  3. hackworks
  4. Hackworth
  5. Hackworths
  6. hacky
  7. hacky dorty
  8. hacky sack
  9. hacky sacks
  10. hacky-sack
  11. hacky-sacks

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