adj
Meaning 1
Like a hack; amateurish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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hacky
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adj
Meaning 2
Filthy or totally dirty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie
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adj
Meaning 3
Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.
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adj
Meaning 5
Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: comedy, entertainment, lifestyle
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hacky From hack + -y.
Alteration of hackneyed.