takkie
takkie noun: an athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
Noun
takkie (plural takkies)
- An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
- One day in comes Jannie Hofmeyr to my shop, and he's wanting a pair of takkies to play tennis you know, and William, my son, he goes and serves him.1948, Tom Macdonald, Jan Hofmeyr: heir to Smuts, Hurst & Blackett, page 119
- Net face veils often replaced the orthodox headgear, and ‘takkies’ (canvas boots) or ‘fellies’ (veldshoen^([sic])) the regulation combat boots.1986, Peter Abbott, Philip Botham, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, page 43
Examples of takkie in a sentence
- […]she kept getting her foot stuck in it until her right takkie was squishing on the kitchen floor.2001, Gail Evans, Time Trials, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 11:
- […]stood on it with one takkie that had no shoelace.2006, Byron Loker, New Swell, iBhuku.com, →ISBN, page 35:
Forms of takkie
| plural | takkies |
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Origin of takkie
From Afrikaans tekkie (“athletic shoe”).
Questions about takkie
- What does takkie mean?
- Takkie means an athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
- How do you use takkie in a sentence?
- […]she kept getting her foot stuck in it until her right takkie was squishing on the kitchen floor.
- What part of speech is takkie?
- Takkie is a noun.
- What is the plural of takkie?
- The plural of takkie is takkies.
Words near takkie in the dictionary
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