hackney
See also: Hackney
English
Etymology
From Middle English hakeney; probably from Hackney (formerly a town, now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, or from Old French haquenee (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius (though some recent French sources report that the English usage predates the French).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhækni/
Noun
hackney (plural hackneys)
Derived terms
- hack
- hackney cab
- hackneyed
- hackney writer
Translations
carriage for hire or a cab
horse used to ride or drive
breed of English horse
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hired drudge; hireling; prostitute
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Adjective
hackney (not comparable)
- Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.
- hackney coaches
- hackney authors
- Roscommon
- his accumulative and hackney tongue
Verb
hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)
- (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
- (transitive) To use as a hackney.
- (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.
Translations
to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use
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