hacky
adjEtymology Alteration of hackneyed.
1
Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle Informal Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
hacky
adjEtymology From hack + -y.
1
Like a hack; amateurish.
2
Geordie Filthy or totally dirty.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
4
Colloquial Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
- s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.
- Synonyms
- hackish
- Derived terms
- hackily, hackiness, hacky sack
- Related terms
- dirty, dorty, hacky dorty, unclean