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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.

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   How do you describe something as tacky?

   • If you describe something as tacky, you dislike it because it is cheap and badly made or vulgar. She wore tacky red sunglasses. 4 meanings: slightly sticky or adhesive informal 1. shabby or shoddy 2. ostentatious and vulgar 3. US (of a person) dowdy; seedy....

   TACKY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does tackyness mean?

   • tack′i•ness,n. 1. not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy: a tacky outfit. 2. in poor taste; vulgar; crass: tacky jokes. 3. of poor quality; cheaply made; shoddy: a tacky car. 4. shabby; seedy.

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   How do you use tacky in a sentence?

   • Although several of the formulas remained tacky for over a week, all dried thoroughly in the time allotted. Cut off a slip of paper of the same size, put on some of the knotting, and when it is tacky, stick down the strengthening slip. Tacky definition: sticky to the touch; adhesive.. See examples of TACKY used in a sentence.

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   What is a tacky ending?

   • Definition of tacky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest) (informal) cheap, badly made and/or not in good taste The movie had a really tacky ending. (of paint, glue, etc.) not dry and therefore slightly sticky sense 1 early 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTACKY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TACKY definition: 1. of cheap quality or in bad style: 2. sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry…. Learn more.

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   TACKY meaning: 1. of cheap quality or in bad style: 2. sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry…. Learn more.

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   Tacky definition: sticky to the touch; adhesive.. See examples of TACKY used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   (tăk′ē) adj. tack·i·er, tack·i·est Informal. 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.