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
Examples of ticky-tacky in a Sentence
Adjective
her house is full of ticky-tacky figurines
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Martin Cizmar, Wired News, 17 Feb. 2026
Flagg has appeared in 49 out of the Mavericks’ 53 games this season while playing through several ticky-tacky injuries.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The Canadians go to the judges with ticky-tacky complaints about the Swedes touching a piece of their equipment while the Canadians were preparing to throw.
—Martin Cizmar, Wired News, 17 Feb. 2026
Flagg has appeared in 49 out of the Mavericks’ 53 games this season while playing through several ticky-tacky injuries.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Ticky-tacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticky-tacky. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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