Usually means: Lacking style, cheap, in poor taste.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word tacky:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tacky: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tacky, tacky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tacky, tacky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tacky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tacky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tacky, tacky: Wordnik
  7. tacky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tacky: Wiktionary
  9. tacky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tacky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tacky: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tacky: Dictionary.com
  13. tacky (1), tacky (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. tacky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Tacky (song), Tacky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Tacky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. tacky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. tacky: Rhymezone
  19. tacky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. tacky: Free Dictionary
  21. tacky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Tacky: The Word Detective
  23. tacky: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Tacky: World Wide Words

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tacky: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. tacky: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tacky, tacky, tacky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tacky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. tacky: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Oil Analysis (No longer online)

(Note: See tackier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of a substance, slightly sticky.
adjective:  (colloquial) Of low quality.
adjective:  (colloquial) In poor taste.
adjective:  Gaudy or flashy.
adjective:  Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.
noun:  Alternative form of tackey [(US, Southern US) A scrubby, neglected horse.]

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