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- Dictionarytacky/ˈtaki/
adjective
- 1. (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel: "the paint was still tacky"
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The meaning of TACKY is somewhat sticky to the touch; also : characterized by tack : adhesive. How to use tacky in a sentence.
TACKY definition: 1. of cheap quality or in bad style: 2. sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry…. Learn more.
If you describe something as tacky, you dislike it because it is cheap and badly made or vulgar. ...a woman in a fake leopard-skin coat and tacky red sunglasses. The whole thing is dreadfully tacky. If something such as paint or glue is tacky, it is slightly sticky and not yet dry.
1. a. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry: tacky clothes. b. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless: a tacky remark. 2. Flimsy, rundown, or in poor repair: "a tacky room he could tear apart with his bare hands" (John Edgar Wideman). [From tackey, an inferior horse.] tack′i·ly adv. tack′i·ness n.
Things that are tacky are cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry, or trashy. Tacky clothes are a fashion nightmare, and tacky comments are embarrassing for everyone involved. If you wore a bright orange suit to school, with a neon green hat, you'd be dressing in a tacky way.
TACKY meaning: 1. of cheap quality or in bad style: 2. sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry…. Learn more.
Tacky definition: sticky to the touch; adhesive.. See examples of TACKY used in a sentence.
Definition of tacky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'tacky'. 1. If you describe something as tacky, you dislike it because it is cheap and badly made or vulgar. [informal, disapproval] [...] 2. If something such as paint or glue is tacky, it is slightly sticky and not yet dry. [...] More.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word tacky. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.
