TICKY-TACKY


Meaning of TICKY-TACKY in English

/tik"ee tak'ee/ , Informal.

adj.

1. shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull: a row of new, ticky-tacky bungalows.

2. tacky 2 .

n.

3. ticky-tacky material or something made of it, esp. housing.

Also, ticky-tack .

[ 1960-65; gradational compound based on TACKY 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .