hacky
Like a hack; amateurish.
Adjective
- Like a hack; amateurish.
- Filthy or totally dirty.
- Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
- 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.
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Adjective comedy, entertainment
- Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
Origin
Alteration of hackneyed.