variants
or less commonly ticky-tack
plural ticky-tackies also ticky-tacks
: sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses
also
: something built of ticky-tacky
variants
or less commonly ticky-tack
Synonyms
Examples of ticky-tacky in a Sentence
Adjective
her house is full of ticky-tacky figurines
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Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
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Noun
Lisa Jones, Michol Murray and Pualani Spurlock-Welsh whistled the players for a total of 37 — many incredibly ticky-tacky — fouls.
—Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
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“Ticky-tacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticky-tacky. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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