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takky

takky is the alternative form of takkie.

Meaning of takkie

Noun

takkie (plural takkies)

  1. (South Africa, in plural) 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

Forms of takky

pluraltakkies

Questions about takky

What is takky the alternative form of?
Takky is the alternative form of takkie.

Words near takky in the dictionary

  1. takkannah
  2. takken
  3. takkie
  4. takkies
  5. takkin
  6. takky
  7. Takla Makan
  8. Taklamakan
  9. Taklamakan Desert
  10. taklif
  11. taklifs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: takky (page history and authors); takkie (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.

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