Main Entry: ¹ticky–tacky

Pronunciation: \ˌti-kē-ˈta-kē\

Variant(s): also ticky–tack \-ˈtak\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ticky–tackies also ticky–tacks

Etymology: reduplication of tacky

Date: 1962

: sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses; also : something built of ticky-tacky