adj
Meaning 1
Offered for hire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- hackney coaches
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Standard Lemma guide
Hackney
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/ˈhækni/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 K N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Much used; trite; mean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
Examples
- hackney authors
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name
Meaning 3
A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
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name
Meaning 4
A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).
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name
Meaning 5
An English habitational surname from Old English.
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name
Meaning 6
One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney
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name
Meaning 7
(means of transportation): see hackney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
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noun
Meaning 8
An ordinary horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A carriage for hire or a cab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A horse used to ride or drive.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
A breed of English horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
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Usage: archaic, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 14
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To use as a hackney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 16
To carry in a hackney coach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 17
a compact breed of harness horse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: harness horse
noun
Meaning 18
a carriage for hire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hackney carriage, hackney coach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carriage, equipage, rig
Narrower terms: four-wheeler, remise
History
Etymology
From Middle English hakeney, from the placename Hackney (formerly a town; now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca's Island”, literally “Hook's Island”). The Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius, is originally from the English.
The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept for hire in the London borough of Hackney. The place name is from Old English *Hacan īeġ "Hacan's Isle" (or "Hook's Island"), referring to dry land in a marsh.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наемен (naemen) — Offered for hire
- Portuguese: batido — Much used
- Portuguese: trivial — Much used
- Portuguese: banal — Much used
- Portuguese: corriqueiro — Much used
- Finnish: hevonen — ordinary horse
- Bulgarian: наемна кола — carriage for hire or a cab
- Finnish: vossikka — carriage for hire or a cab
- Ido: fiakro — carriage for hire or a cab
- Bulgarian: наемен кон (naemen kon) — horse used to ride or drive
- Finnish: ratsuhevonen — horse used to ride or drive
- Finnish: ratsu — horse used to ride or drive
- Finnish: ajohevonen — horse used to ride or drive
- French: haquenée — horse used to ride or drive
- Finnish: hackney — breed of English horse
- French: hackney — breed of English horse
- Finnish: vosu — hired drudge; hireling; prostitute
- Japanese: 使い古す (tsukaifurusu) — to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use
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