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Meaning of "ticky-tacky" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TICKY-TACKY

ticky-tacky  [ˈtɪkɪˌtækɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TICKY-TACKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ticky-Tacky is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TICKY-TACKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ticky-tacky

Little Boxes

"Little Boxes" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963. The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It refers to suburban tract housing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky", and which "all look just the same." "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time.

Definition of ticky-tacky in the English dictionary

The definition of ticky-tacky in the dictionary is building material that is cheap and of low quality. Other definition of ticky-tacky is inferior or shoddy goods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TICKY-TACKY


baccy
ˈbækɪ
bukkake
ˌbuːˈkækɪ
cracky
ˈkrækɪ
Jackie
ˈdʒækɪ
Jackie-Jackie
ˈdʒækɪ-ˈdʒækɪ
Jacky
ˈdʒækɪ
lackey
ˈlækɪ
maki
ˈmækɪ
matsutake
ˌmætsʊˈtækɪ
Paki
ˈpækɪ
quacky
ˈkwækɪ
rumaki
rəˈmækɪ
tackey
ˈtækɪ
tacky
ˈtækɪ
takhi
ˈtækɪ
takky
ˈtækɪ
teppan-yaki
ˌtɛpænˈjækɪ
teriyaki
ˌtɛrɪˈjækɪ
wacky
ˈwækɪ
whacky
ˈwækɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TICKY-TACKY

tickety-boo
tickey
ticking
ticking off
ticklace
tickle
tickle pink
tickler
tickler coil
tickler file
tickling
ticklish
ticklishly
ticklishness
tickly
ticktack
ticktack man
ticktack men
ticktock

WORDS THAT END LIKE TICKY-TACKY

blocky
cacky
cocky
dicky
ducky
happy-go-lucky
icky
Kentucky
knacky
kolacky
lucky
micky
picky
rocky
sticky
sucky
tricky
unlucky
Vicky
Zwicky

Synonyms and antonyms of ticky-tacky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ticky-tacky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TICKY-TACKY

Find out the translation of ticky-tacky to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ticky-tacky from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ticky-tacky» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ticky粘性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- ticky hortera
570 millions of speakers

English

ticky-tacky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ticky चिपचिपा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ticky - مبتذل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тикки - липкий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brega
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ticky-আঠাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ticky collant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ticky-norak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ticky klebrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

味気ない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ticky - 볼품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ticky-tacky
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ticky - tacky
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ticky-ஓட்டுகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दमटपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ticky-yapışkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ticky - cattivo gusto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ticky lepić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тикки - липкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ticky - lipicios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ticky - κολλώδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

TICKY - taai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ticki - klibbig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ticky - tacky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ticky-tacky

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TICKY-TACKY»

The term «ticky-tacky» is normally little used and occupies the 116.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TICKY-TACKY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ticky-tacky

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TICKY-TACKY»

Discover the use of ticky-tacky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ticky-tacky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ticky-tacky Doll
When she has to go to school without her special doll, a little girl cannot focus on learning her letters and numbers, until her grandmother realizes what the problem is.
Cynthia Rylant, 2002
2
The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric
You need to read up on the effects of the interstate system, of which these ticky tacky houses all looking the same were the product, and which, to repeat, held working class overwhelmingly. Perhaps a few managers just out of college and ...
Russell T. McCutcheon, 2003
3
Media, Education, and America's Counter-culture Revolution: ...
What you'll find will more than likely remind you of that song Pete Seeger sang in the early 1960s, "Ticky-tacky Boxes." That's where your kids are, with all the others, in the same ticky-tacky box, watching the same ticky-tacky teacher, looking at ...
Robert L. Hilliard, 2001
4
Dial 9 to Get Out!: Commentaries on Business Life as Heard ...
^□j emember a folk song from the 1960s that □C £JT\ made fun of "little boxes on the hillside, all ^L ^-^ made of ticky tacky?" A lot of us who grew up during the 1960s loved this song. The lyrics said exactly how we felt about the suburban ...
David Graulich, 1994
5
Musically Speaking: A Life Through Song
And there's doctors and lawyers And business executives And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. . . . And the boys go into business And marry and raise a family In boxes made of ticky tacky And they all look just ...
Ruth K. Westheimer, 2013
6
Ticky-tacky, Or, Careers, Education, and Harvard
Report of a student project for Social Sciences 136 in 1976. The student surveyed Harvard seniors about their choices at Harvard and their career aspirations.
Mary L. Freeman, 1976
7
The Suburb Reader
And the people in the houses All went to the university, Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same, And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky, And they all look just the ...
BECKY NICOLAIDES, Andrew Wiese, 2006
8
Suburbia American Dream or Stifling Dead-End?
“LITTLE BOXES” Little boxes on the hillside, And they all play on the golf course Little boxes made of ticky tacky, And drink their martinis dry, Little boxes on the hillside, And they all have pretty children Little boxes all the same. And the children ...
MindSparks
9
The United States Since 1945: A Documentary Reader
Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just  ...
Robert P. Ingalls, David K. Johnson, 2009
10
STILL-POINT: POEMS AND THOUGHTS UPON WAKING UP
Get. Your. Box. ofTicky-Tacky. Sicky-slicky law and poo A wicky-wacky box of ticky-tacky Red, white, and blue. Citizens get that ticky-tacky box To play the wicky-wacky-fool Until one too many gangster-politico Steal too much poo from you .
M. F. Taylor, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TICKY-TACKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ticky-tacky is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Agent Provocateur's New Line: In the Mood for Lacy Nothings
The look is pointedly ticky-tacky, with bubble gum walls, a zebra rug and the lite funky grooves of “Sophisticated Lady” oozing from the sound system. (“She can ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
2
The United Nations Agenda 21 land grab
Then the board of "heritage" fascists can dictate to the owners, who must pay the bills, exactly which color of paint to apply so the ticky-tacky streets can be lined ... «Enter Stage Right, May 14»
3
Does Osborne really understand what it takes to build a successful …
Don't just let a bunch of housing developers swamp the place with ticky-tacky boxes on the edge of an existing town. Start from scratch. Set up a development ... «The Independent, Mar 14»
4
Pete Seeger, 1919–2014: Ticky-tacky kan du vara själv
Texten var det mest träffsäkra jag hade hört i mitt 17-åriga liv: ”Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes all the same … «Dagens Nyheter, Jan 14»
5
A Heavy Heaping Of Expensive Ticky-Tacky ... In Loganville?
Supersize me, indeed. From the school of overwrought megahomes comes this Walton County beast, weighing in at a hefty 17,767 square feet. Atlanta's ... «Curbed National, Jul 13»
6
Kanye Baby Shower Ticky-Tacky From Kim Kardashian And Family
So Kanye West will appear at Kim Kardashian's baby shower on Sunday's June 2 premiere of the eighth season of E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians. «The Inquisitr, Jun 13»
7
On old B'way: It takes a thief
... for the Broadway of the '70s and '80s, when the street had a colorful selection of rascals and rogues and ticky-tacky productions that closed overnight. Anyone ... «New York Post, Oct 12»
8
Five ways to annoy people on Twitter
Little boxes on the Internet, little boxes made out of ticky-tacky. Little boxes on the Internet, little boxes all the same. Oh, I'm sorry, just humming a little song that's ... «CNN, Jul 12»
9
Levittowners celebrate 60 years as community
A newer song represents the flip side of ticky-tacky sarcasm. Singer-songwriter Michael Francis Hughes fondly remembers growing up in Levittown in the 1960s. «Newsworks.org, Jun 12»
10
WOMENFOLK - Little Boxes (Shortest US Chart Hit Ever)
Can anyone please tell me what the fuck a ticky-tacky is? ... "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time, the ... «YouTube, Sep 09»

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