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adjectivetackiest, tackier ˈtakiˈtæki (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel. （胶水，油漆或其他物质）发黏的；没有全干的 the paint was still tacky 油漆仍然是黏的。 Example sentencesExamples - The bottom surface has a tacky rubber material across it, which gives the pad very effective grip on all surfaces I tried it with.
- It looked like it could have been held together with tacky glue and scotch tape.
- Apply tacky glue to the face and attach to the gourd.
- Rachel took up some newspaper and stuck it to the portions of the wallpaper that were tacky but not yet stuck to his person.
- If a fibre is mechanically extruded from a solution of (natural or artificial) silk protein just like pulling a thread from tacky glue, the fibre is still not as strong as real silk thread.
- The manufacturers of these rubber stocks have gone to a lot of trouble to produce a product that feels slightly tacky in the hand.
- Remove each stick, add a dot of tacky glue to the hole, and replace the stick.
- Practice sessions have seen several players complain of their feet getting stuck on a tacky surface.
- The salt crystals were apparently pushed (or ‘pounded’) with a paint brush into the tacky surface.
- Lips and mucous membranes need to be moist and not tacky or sticky to the touch.
- One reason was that the surface states of the component materials were tacky.
- The authentic beaded doll had large gold neck rings, so we added strips of silver foil paper around the top and bottom of our cups with tacky craft glue to simulate precious metal.
- Let the adhesive thicken and become tacky according to the manufacturer's instruction (usually 1 hour) before laying the files.
- This paint was tacky rather than wet, but it was clearly brand new.
- It seemed to me that ten ounces of plain flour with no baking powder added, mixed with a bare two ounces of lard but enough water to make the whole thing into a gooey, tacky mess was not guaranteed to result in appetizing mince pies.
- For the last 20/30 minutes I had noticed that my hands and arms were feeling not quite sticky but tacky.
- The tacky stuff takes some shifting and it's not cheap to do so.
- Slowly add the water by hand, kneading in between each addition until a soft, tacky dough forms.
- It puts out a real sticky, tacky substance and is designed to restrict the movement of somebody.
- The header on these sheer curtains disguises tacky wax, which holds each plate in place.
Synonyms sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly, syrupy, runny, clinging, sticking informal gooey
Derivativesnoun ˈtakɪnəsˈtækinəs informal In some of the wealthier suburbs over there, they get in electrical contractors to do a professional lighting job on their houses and, unfortunately, tackiness often wins out over good taste. Example sentencesExamples - I can't remember much of the day except that we ate chips on the seafront and laughed at the sheer tackiness of everything.
- I urge you all to grab a camera and go riding through the night, spying on your gaudy neighbors, as I will award a prize to the person who sends me the picture of the most horrible display of Christmas tackiness.
- It could be described as the ultimate in souvenir tackiness.
- If you're going to be accused of tackiness, why not make the most of it?
Rhymesackee, Bacchae, baccy, cracky, Jackie, lackey, wacky adjectivetackiest, tackier ˈtakiˈtæki informal Showing poor taste and quality. 〈非正式〉俗气的；质量差的 even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts 虽然她穿的衣服有点差，但她仍然赢得了我们的心。 Example sentencesExamples - Lisa got some construction paper because she likes crafts and Dana got some tacky costume jewellery because she likes to dress up and look pretty.
- I will be out trolling the streets of Long Island, looking for the most tasteless, tacky decorations I can find.
- Less expected was the response of my cynical video-watching companions, who thought the film would be too tacky for their tastes.
- It was cheap and tacky and everything I didn't want to have shown as being part of my special day.
- They were like bad actors from a tacky soap opera, and they irritated me.
- There were three beds, one window with a little houseplant perched on the windowsill, and a set of slightly tacky drapes.
- Even their fences were elegant, painted a cream colour that should have looked tacky.
- Vinyl is only tacky when it masquerades as leather.
- And if the tacky drug metaphors sprinkled throughout this review annoyed you, avoid this record.
- Which makes it all the more inexcusable that so many restaurants spend a fortune on furnishings then stick tacky art on their walls.
- The chairs were tacky metal with pinky-brown covering on the seat and the back, but very comfortable.
- Personally, I don't have a particular problem with people who insist on doing up their houses in all forms of cheap nasty tacky decorations.
- He was middle-aged, with a prominent potbelly and tacky gold jewelry.
- It's been whitewashed and dressed up and sugarcoated for so long that now it's just a tacky piece of junk on a souvenir stand, painted in red, white, and blue.
- If it all sounds slightly tacky, outrageous, and shocking, that's exactly the point.
- Everything from Samuels's tacky costumes to his choice of entertainment is selected with one thought in mind: making sure his guests feel comfortable and relaxed.
- However beautiful it was, I knew I'd never be able to wear anything like it short of a wedding dress or a tacky costume for a play, and I didn't even plan on getting married.
- The set is wonderful, from the cheesy 70s-inspired table lamps, to the tacky neon lights shining through the blinds.
- You can use great stuff but if you put it into a tacky glass, the drink's integrity immediately goes down.
- It adorns tacky gold cigarette lighters and sets of imitation pearl earrings found in inflight duty free catalogues.
Synonyms tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy, showy, loud, trashy, cheap, cheap and nasty, nasty, common, second-rate, Brummagem informal flash, flashy, tatty, naff
Derivativesadverb informal That these art works are actually, and not tackily, beautiful is icing on the cake. Example sentencesExamples - The trick here is to capture the most gaudily and tackily dressed tourists on film.
- It was small, tackily decorated, and questionably clean, but I hardly noticed.
- I fail to see why a choreographer would think it is a good idea to tackily reveal so much spurious flesh, and for so long.
- Once inside, she lined up behind a tackily dressed woman.
nounˈtakɪnəsˈtækinəs Depending on the tackiness of the glue you use, you may have to hold each of these stands on while the glue dries. Example sentencesExamples - The primer seals the floor, increases the tackiness of the floor and improves the adhesive qualities.
OriginEarly 19th century: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence 'shabby, cheap, in bad taste' (mid 19th century). The origin of tacky in the sense ‘sticky’ is from the word tack (Middle English) ‘to fasten lightly’, or for an object that does that job. The origin of this word is obscure. The sense of tacky meaning ‘in poor taste, cheap’ is different, but equally obscure. It was first found at the beginning of the 19th century in the USA meaning a weedy horse. By the late 19th century it was applied to a poor white in some southern states, and had also acquired its modern sense. The shortening tack did not happen until the 1980s. The sense tack for horses equipment is a shortening of tackle.
adjectiveˈtækiˈtakē (of glue, paint, or other substances) retaining a slightly sticky feel; not fully dry. （胶水，油漆或其他物质）发黏的；没有全干的 the paint was still tacky 油漆仍然是黏的。 Example sentencesExamples - Let the adhesive thicken and become tacky according to the manufacturer's instruction (usually 1 hour) before laying the files.
- This paint was tacky rather than wet, but it was clearly brand new.
- If a fibre is mechanically extruded from a solution of (natural or artificial) silk protein just like pulling a thread from tacky glue, the fibre is still not as strong as real silk thread.
- For the last 20/30 minutes I had noticed that my hands and arms were feeling not quite sticky but tacky.
- The tacky stuff takes some shifting and it's not cheap to do so.
- Remove each stick, add a dot of tacky glue to the hole, and replace the stick.
- Practice sessions have seen several players complain of their feet getting stuck on a tacky surface.
- It seemed to me that ten ounces of plain flour with no baking powder added, mixed with a bare two ounces of lard but enough water to make the whole thing into a gooey, tacky mess was not guaranteed to result in appetizing mince pies.
- It puts out a real sticky, tacky substance and is designed to restrict the movement of somebody.
- One reason was that the surface states of the component materials were tacky.
- Lips and mucous membranes need to be moist and not tacky or sticky to the touch.
- The header on these sheer curtains disguises tacky wax, which holds each plate in place.
- Slowly add the water by hand, kneading in between each addition until a soft, tacky dough forms.
- Rachel took up some newspaper and stuck it to the portions of the wallpaper that were tacky but not yet stuck to his person.
- The manufacturers of these rubber stocks have gone to a lot of trouble to produce a product that feels slightly tacky in the hand.
- The bottom surface has a tacky rubber material across it, which gives the pad very effective grip on all surfaces I tried it with.
- Apply tacky glue to the face and attach to the gourd.
- It looked like it could have been held together with tacky glue and scotch tape.
- The salt crystals were apparently pushed (or ‘pounded’) with a paint brush into the tacky surface.
- The authentic beaded doll had large gold neck rings, so we added strips of silver foil paper around the top and bottom of our cups with tacky craft glue to simulate precious metal.
Synonyms sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly, syrupy, runny, clinging, sticking
adjectiveˈtækiˈtakē informal Showing poor taste and quality. 〈非正式〉俗气的；质量差的 even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts 虽然她穿的衣服有点差，但她仍然赢得了我们的心。 Example sentencesExamples - It adorns tacky gold cigarette lighters and sets of imitation pearl earrings found in inflight duty free catalogues.
- And if the tacky drug metaphors sprinkled throughout this review annoyed you, avoid this record.
- Vinyl is only tacky when it masquerades as leather.
- The chairs were tacky metal with pinky-brown covering on the seat and the back, but very comfortable.
- It's been whitewashed and dressed up and sugarcoated for so long that now it's just a tacky piece of junk on a souvenir stand, painted in red, white, and blue.
- Which makes it all the more inexcusable that so many restaurants spend a fortune on furnishings then stick tacky art on their walls.
- Lisa got some construction paper because she likes crafts and Dana got some tacky costume jewellery because she likes to dress up and look pretty.
- Everything from Samuels's tacky costumes to his choice of entertainment is selected with one thought in mind: making sure his guests feel comfortable and relaxed.
- Even their fences were elegant, painted a cream colour that should have looked tacky.
- It was cheap and tacky and everything I didn't want to have shown as being part of my special day.
- If it all sounds slightly tacky, outrageous, and shocking, that's exactly the point.
- He was middle-aged, with a prominent potbelly and tacky gold jewelry.
- I will be out trolling the streets of Long Island, looking for the most tasteless, tacky decorations I can find.
- However beautiful it was, I knew I'd never be able to wear anything like it short of a wedding dress or a tacky costume for a play, and I didn't even plan on getting married.
- You can use great stuff but if you put it into a tacky glass, the drink's integrity immediately goes down.
- There were three beds, one window with a little houseplant perched on the windowsill, and a set of slightly tacky drapes.
- They were like bad actors from a tacky soap opera, and they irritated me.
- Less expected was the response of my cynical video-watching companions, who thought the film would be too tacky for their tastes.
- Personally, I don't have a particular problem with people who insist on doing up their houses in all forms of cheap nasty tacky decorations.
- The set is wonderful, from the cheesy 70s-inspired table lamps, to the tacky neon lights shining through the blinds.
Synonyms tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy, showy, loud, trashy, cheap, cheap and nasty, nasty, common, second-rate, brummagem
OriginEarly 19th century: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence ‘shabby, cheap, in bad taste’ (mid 19th century). |