hackney Meaning & Definition
What Does Hackney Mean?
As a noun, hackney means A horse suitable for riding; specifically, a strong medium-sized horse with a high-stepping trot, often used in harness competitions; also, such horses collectively as a breed. It is also used to mean A horse which is hired out. As an adjective, it means Available to be hired; hireable. As a verb, it means To make (something) uninteresting and unoriginal through frequent repetition; to make (something) trite. To use (a horse) for ordinary riding. To transport (someone) on an ordinary riding horse. To transport (someone) in a hackney carriage; also (followed by the dummy pronoun it), to ride in or on a hackney carriage. To cause (someone, or their mind, etc.) to be less refined or sensitive; to blunt, to coarsen. To give or offer (something) for money; also , to hire (oneself, or something) out for money. To prostitute (someone). To hurry or rush (someone or something). To treat or use (a person) as a menial worker. Followed by in: of a person: to be made experienced or used to (something); to become accustomed or habituated.
Word Facts for Hackney
| Part of speech | noun, adjective, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈhækni/ |
| Synonyms | hackney coach |
| Plural | hackneys |
| Verb forms | hackneys, hackneying, hackneyed |
Hackney Definition (Noun)
- A horse suitable for riding; specifically, a strong medium-sized horse with a high-stepping trot, often used in harness competitions; also, such horses collectively as a breed.
- A horse which is hired out.
- In full hackney carriage, hackney coach: a horse-drawn carriage which is hired out.
- Writing which is dull or follows a predictable formula, produced so the writer can be paid rather than as a creative work; literary hackwork. A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey. A person or thing that is exploited. A prostitute.
- Writing which is dull or follows a predictable formula, produced so the writer can be paid rather than as a creative work; literary hackwork.
- A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey. A person or thing that is exploited. A prostitute.
- A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey.
- A person or thing that is exploited.
- A prostitute.
Hackney as an Adjective
- Available to be hired; hireable.
- Synonym of hackneyed (“of speech or writing, a phrase, etc.: uninteresting and unoriginal from being repeated too often”).
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- Commonplace, usual; also, frequent.
Hackney as a Verb
- To make (something) uninteresting and unoriginal through frequent repetition; to make (something) trite. To use (a horse) for ordinary riding. To transport (someone) on an ordinary riding horse. To transport (someone) in a hackney carriage; also (followed by the dummy pronoun it), to ride in or on a hackney carriage. To cause (someone, or their mind, etc.) to be less refined or sensitive; to blunt, to coarsen. To give or offer (something) for money; also , to hire (oneself, or something) out for money. To prostitute (someone). To hurry or rush (someone or something). To treat or use (a person) as a menial worker. Followed by in: of a person: to be made experienced or used to (something); to become accustomed or habituated.
- To make (something) uninteresting and unoriginal through frequent repetition; to make (something) trite.
- To use (a horse) for ordinary riding. To transport (someone) on an ordinary riding horse. To transport (someone) in a hackney carriage; also (followed by the dummy pronoun it), to ride in or on a hackney carriage. To cause (someone, or their mind, etc.) to be less refined or sensitive; to blunt, to coarsen. To give or offer (something) for money; also , to hire (oneself, or something) out for money. To prostitute (someone). To hurry or rush (someone or something). To treat or use (a person) as a menial worker. Followed by in: of a person: to be made experienced or used to (something); to become accustomed or habituated.
- To use (a horse) for ordinary riding.
- To transport (someone) on an ordinary riding horse.
- To transport (someone) in a hackney carriage; also (followed by the dummy pronoun it), to ride in or on a hackney carriage.
- To cause (someone, or their mind, etc.) to be less refined or sensitive; to blunt, to coarsen. To give or offer (something) for money; also , to hire (oneself, or something) out for money. To prostitute (someone). To hurry or rush (someone or something). To treat or use (a person) as a menial worker. Followed by in: of a person: to be made experienced or used to (something); to become accustomed or habituated.
- To cause (someone, or their mind, etc.) to be less refined or sensitive; to blunt, to coarsen.
- To give or offer (something) for money; also , to hire (oneself, or something) out for money.
- To prostitute (someone).
- To hurry or rush (someone or something).
- To treat or use (a person) as a menial worker.
- Followed by in: of a person: to be made experienced or used to (something); to become accustomed or habituated.
- To use a horse for ordinary riding. Followed by at: of a person or thing: to be hurried or rushed towards something. To treat or use a person as a menial worker.
- Followed by at: of a person or thing: to be hurried or rushed towards something.
Synonyms of Hackney
Hackney synonyms and antonyms →Hackney in a Sentence
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Word Forms & Grammar
hackney (countable and uncountable, plural hackneys)
hackney (not comparable)
hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)
Words That Rhyme With Hackney
Origin of Hackney
Origin 1: The noun is derived from Middle English hakeney (“small horse, often hired out”),[1] probably from Hakeneia, Hakeneye (“Hackney, formerly a village in Middlesex and now a borough of London, England, in the United Kingdom”) (as the surrounding meadows were used for grazing horses before sale; whence Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius),[2] from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca’s Island”, literally “Hook’s Island”).
Origin 2: The adjective[2] and verb[3] are derived from the noun.
Questions People Ask About Hackney
Is hackney a noun or an adjective?
Hackney is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as an adjective and a verb.
What is another word for hackney?
You can replace hackney with words such as hackney coach. See the full list of hackney synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of hackney?
The plural of hackney is hackneys.
What is the past tense of hackney?
The past tense of hackney is hackneyed. The present participle is hackneying.