Word.ws English Dictionary

tackies

tackies is the plural of tackie.

tackies is the plural of tacky.

Meaning of tackie

Noun

tackie (plural tackies)

  1. (South Africa) A canvas shoe with a rubber sole.
  2. (Ireland, Limerick) Another word for trainers or runners.
  3. (South Africa, slang) The tyre of a car or other vehicle.
    • The hot rod had fat tackies.

Meaning of tacky

Adjective

tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)

  1. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
    • This paint isn't dry yet; it's still a bit tacky.

See all 5 meanings of tacky

Phrases with tackies

Questions about tackies

What is tackies the plural of?
Tackies is the plural of tackie.

Words near tackies in the dictionary

  1. tackety
  2. tackey
  3. tackeys
  4. tackie
  5. tackier
  6. tackies
  7. tackiest
  8. tackified
  9. tackifier
  10. tackifiers
  11. tackifies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tackies (page history and authors); tackie (page history and authors); tacky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tackies.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tackies. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.