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trekky

trekky adjective: characteristic of Star Trek. Also the alternative form of Trekkie.

Adjective

trekky (comparative more trekky, superlative most trekky)

  1. Characteristic of Star Trek.
    • But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.1990 May 15, Hospital Practice, page 130
    • DO NOT wear a trekky looking Bluetooth earpiece, unless you are strutting through a Star Trek convention.2009, Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Favorites Online, Houston, Tex.: Bright Sky Press, →ISBN, page 120

Also used as

trekky is also the alternative form of Trekkie.

Examples of trekky in a sentence

  • Everything in the trekky world can be understood.2015, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty, ISD LLC, →ISBN:
  • A Trekky-style transporter is unlikely to exist in our lifetimes, if ever, but it’s clear that popular culture has an influence on the direction of scientific experimentation (and vice versa!).2016, Lliana Bird, Jack Lewis, The Mice Who Sing for Sex, Sphere, →ISBN, page 292:
  • When online, we encounter writing systems and heroic fantasies that come from the past but also from the future, as Snowden describes the trekky fantasy of the NSA chief.2019, Tarek El-Ariss, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, Princeton, N.J.; Oxford: Princeton University Press...
  • A trekky appearance, I’ve seen those movies and Jupiter Rising, no doubt have jet boots, […]2021, Paul Stansby, The Dimension Hopper & the Outer Space Guys:

Forms of trekky

Adjective
comparativemore trekky
superlativemost trekky
Noun
pluraltrekkies

Origin of trekky

From Trek + -y.

Phrases with trekky

Questions about trekky

What does trekky mean?
Trekky means characteristic of Star Trek.
How do you use trekky in a sentence?
Everything in the trekky world can be understood.
What part of speech is trekky?
Trekky is an adjective.

Words near trekky in the dictionary

  1. trekking
  2. trekking pole
  3. trekking poles
  4. trekkings
  5. Trekkish
  6. trekky
  7. Trekless
  8. Treklit
  9. treknical
  10. treknobabble
  11. Treknological

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