Tacky - English meaning

adjective

Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.

Usage examples:

An adhesive label

noun

A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

Usage examples:

Tile adhesive

noun

Glue

Usage examples:

[ c ] use a water-resistant adhesive., the pages were held together with adhesive tape.

adjective

Relating to birmingham or the dialect of english spoken there.

Usage examples:

'proper brummie: a dictionary of birmingham words and phrases', compiled by steve thorne and carl c…

adjective

Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

Usage examples:

Local buses were reliable and cheap

adverb

At or for a low price.

Usage examples:

A house that was going cheap because of the war

adjective

Costing little money or less than is usual or expected

Usage examples:

After world war ii, the us had cheap labor, cheap energy, cheap raw materials, cheap housing, cheap…

adjective

(of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape.

Usage examples:

She was wearing a clinging black dress

verb

Hold on tightly to.

Usage examples:

She clung to joe's arm

adjective

A clinging person stays close to and depends on a person who is taking care of them

Usage examples:

Up to the time she started school, her daughter was very clinging., a very clinging and demanding e…

adjective

Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

Usage examples:

Salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings

noun

A piece of open land for public use.

Usage examples:

We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

adjective

Found frequently in many places or among many people

Usage examples:

Money worries are a common problem for people raising children., guilt and forgiveness are themes c…

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

Usage examples:

Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

verb

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.

Usage examples:

Lightning flashed overhead

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright light.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning

adjective

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.

Usage examples:

A flash new car

adjective

Ostentatiously attractive or impressive.

Usage examples:

He always had a flashy car

adjective

Expensive or stylish, or brightly colored

Usage examples:

He wears flashy clothes.

adjective

Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

Usage examples:

Garish shirts in all sorts of colours

adjective

Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.

Usage examples:

Silver bows and gaudy ribbons

noun

A celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members.

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Administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year

adjective

Having too many bright colors

Usage examples:

He was wearing a gaudy hawaiian shirt.

adjective

Having a sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

Gluey brown paste

adjective

Sticky, or covered with glue

Usage examples:

You'd better wash those gluey hands of yours.

adjective

Like glue in texture; sticky.

Usage examples:

Glutinous mud

adjective

Sticky

Usage examples:

Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked.

adjective

Soft and sticky.

Usage examples:

A gooey chocolate dessert

adjective

(of a substance) thick and sticky

Usage examples:

A gooey dessert

adjective

Having a viscous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

A gummy discharge

noun

A small edible shark of australasian coastal waters, with rounded teeth that it uses to crush hard-shelled prey.

Usage examples:

But today he is singing the praises of a non-commercial creature - the humble eel, which he says ha…

adjective

Showing the gums

Usage examples:

The baby gave her a gummy smile., a gummy label, i adore melon gummies., gummies covered with choco…

noun

Art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

Usage examples:

The lava lamp is a bizarre example of sixties kitsch

adjective

Considered to be in poor taste but appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

Usage examples:

The front room is stuffed with kitsch knick-knacks, little glass and gilt ornaments

noun

Showy art or cheap, decorative objects that are attractive to people who are thought to lack any appreciation of style or beauty

Usage examples:

She collects all sorts of kitsch, like these ceramic figurines of movie stars.

adjective

Producing or capable of producing much noise.

Usage examples:

They were kept awake by loud music

adverb

With a great deal of volume.

Usage examples:

They shouted as loud as they could

adjective

Having or producing a large amount of sound

Usage examples:

A loud noise, would you speak a little louder, please?, "what does she want now?" he asked loudly.,…

adjective

Not stylish or fashionable

Usage examples:

His haircut was a bit naff.

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

More liquid than is usual or expected.

Usage examples:

The soufflé was hard on top and quite runny underneath

adjective

Producing a lot of liquid, or of a substance partly liquid

Usage examples:

A runny nose, runny eggs

adjective

Not of good quality

Usage examples:

A second-rate hotel

adjective

Having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious.

Usage examples:

Showy flowers

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

noun

A long, thin piece of something.

Usage examples:

a stick of dynamite

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

Having the consistency or sweetness of syrup.

Usage examples:

Syrupy puddings

adjective

Lacking flavour.

Usage examples:

The vegetables were watery and tasteless

adjective

Showing such bad judgment as to be offensive

Usage examples:

They received hundreds of complaints after he told a tasteless joke on tv., the soup was watery and…

adjective

Worn and shabby; in poor condition.

Usage examples:

Tatty upholstered furniture

adjective

Old and in bad condition

Usage examples:

Tatty old jeans

adjective

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Usage examples:

Tawdry jewellery

noun

Cheap and gaudy finery.

Usage examples:

I had seen him in procession with his golden crook, preceded by the priests of his diocese, dressed…

adjective

Showy, cheap, and of poor quality

Usage examples:

Tawdry jewelry/furnishings

adjective

(especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality.

Usage examples:

Trashy novels and formulaic movies

adjective

Worthless, or of low quality

Usage examples:

Trashy romance novels

adjective

Resembling treacle in consistency, taste, or appearance.

Usage examples:

A treacly black fuel

adjective

Dark and sticky, like treacle

Usage examples:

He'd coated the shelves with a thick treacly varnish., the film is spoilt by a slightly treacly sen…

adjective

Having a glutinous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

The viscid mucus lining of the intestine

adjective

A viscid liquid is thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The cysts are filled with viscid fluid., lava, even at its hottest, is somewhat viscid, like treacl…

adjective

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity.

Usage examples:

Viscous lava

adjective

(of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing easily

Usage examples:

Viscous oil

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

Usage examples:

A vulgar check suit

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears