Of a substance, slightly sticky.

(colloquial) Of low quality. / (colloquial) In poor taste. / Gaudy or flashy. / Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.

Alternative form of tackey

The state of being tacky

(South Africa) A canvas shoe with a rubber sole. / (Ireland, Limerick) Another word for trainers or runners. / (South Africa, slang) The tyre of a car or other vehicle.

plural of tackie / plural of tacky

plural of tackiness

(US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.

(US) Made of this material; cheaply built, of low quality. / (by extension) Inferior, minor, trivial.

Alternative spelling of ticky-tacky (“shoddy construction material; tar paper”)