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hacky

UK /ˈhɑːt͡ʃki/adjective

hacky is spelled H-A-C-K-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hacky means “Like a hack; amateurish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in hacky?

Letters5: H-A-C-K-Y
In writingabout once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is hacky?

Hacky appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce hacky?

  • UK /ˈhɑːt͡ʃki/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-hacky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of hacky

  • hackier comparative
  • hackiest superlative
  • more hacky comparative
  • most hacky superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does hacky mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Like a hack; amateurish.

  2. 2

    Filthy or totally dirty.

  3. 3

    informalUsing, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.

  4. 4

    colloquialShort and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.

    s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.

  5. 5

    informalHackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)

noun

as háčky
  1. 1

    plural of háček (a form of háček)

noun

as hačky
  1. 1

    plural of haček (a form of haček)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does hacky come from?

From hack + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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