/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 ]