hacky

Like a hack; amateurish.

Adjective

  1. Like a hack; amateurish.
  2. Filthy or totally dirty.
  3. Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  4. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
    • A hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath. A hacky howl.

Origin

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.

Forms

hackier hackiest

Synonyms

hackish

Related

dirty dorty hacky dorty unclean

Derived

hackily hackiness hacky sack

Adjective comedy, entertainment

  1. Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)

Origin

Alteration of hackneyed.

Forms

more hacky most hacky