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Tacky   /tˈæki/   Listen
adjective
Tacky  adj.  Sticky; somewhat adhesive;; said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. (U. S.)


Tacky  adj.  
1.
Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt. (Local, U. S.)
2.
In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.
3.
Tactless; in poor taste; used to describe behavior.


noun
Tacky  n.  (Written also tackey)  An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. (Southern U. S.)





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"Tacky" Quotes from Famous Books



... was so skeered. Give me your hand, said Ghost, for I didn't see nothin' but a kinder dark shadow. Give me your hand. I think it must ha' been the squaw, for it begged for all the world, jist like an Indgian. I'd see you hanged fust, said I; I wouldn't touch that are dead tacky hand o' yourn' for half a million o' hard dollars, cash down without any ragged eends; and with that, I turned to run out, but Lord love you I couldn't run. The stones was all wet and slimy, and onnateral slippy, and I expected every minute, I should heels up and go for it: ...
— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton
... she would be Charmed to Accompany him only for one Thing: She said she didn't have a Hat that was Fit to Wear. She said she could tell by his Looks that he was a Gentleman that wouldn't want to go anywhere with a Lady whose Lid was Tacky. Possibly he would be willing to ...
— More Fables • George Ade
... lately more fully described by Captain Pizzighelli. This process—called also "Photanthrakography"—is founded on the property of chromated gelatine which has not been acted on by light to swell up in lukewarm water, and to become tacky, so that in this condition it can retain powdered color which had been dusted on it. Wherever, however, the chromated gelatine has been acted on by light, the surface becomes horny, undergoes no change in warm water, and loses all sign of tackiness. In this process ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various


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