hackney

[ hak-nee ]

/ ˈhæk ni /

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noun, plural hack·neys.

Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.

a trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like.

a horse used for ordinary riding or driving.

(initial capital letter) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait.

adjective

let out, employed, or done for hire.

verb (used with object)

to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.

to use as a hackney.

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Origin of hackney

1300–50; Middle English hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England

OTHER WORDS FROM hackney

hack·ney·ism, noun

Words nearby hackney

hackle fly, hackles, hackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hack off, hacksaw, hacktivism

Other definitions for hackney (2 of 2)

Hackney

[ hak-nee ]

/ ˈhæk ni /

noun

a borough of Greater London, England.

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How to use hackney in a sentence

Located in a former call center in the London borough of Hackney, it’s home to the Last Tuesday Society, which was originally founded in 1873 by a Harvard student.
Boo! Spooky Cocktails Inspired by the Occult|Wayne Curtis|October 29, 2021|The Daily Beast
She later enrolled in the Originate Actor Training program at Theatre Peckham and was discovered at the age of 15 by Rocks director Sarah Gavron during her casting search for potential roles at schools in Hackney and Newham.
Meet Bukky Bakray, BAFTA’s New Rising Star|cmurray|April 12, 2021|Essence.com
It has hubs in South Kensington, Fulham and Hackney, and says it plans to open 20 further hubs, covering central London and Zone 2, by the summer.
Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London|Steve O'Hear|March 5, 2021|TechCrunch
Mitshel Ibrahim and the staff at Ombra in Hackney have spent the year responding not just to government mandates, but the needs of its customers in real time through corona-time
The Pandemic Restaurant|Adam Coghlan|December 29, 2020|Eater

Situated in hipster Hackney, the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History opens to the public on Wednesday.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A rather wonderful tribute to Joan Rivers greeted commuters at Hackney Wick Overground station in London this morning.
London Transport's Cheeky Tribute to Joan Rivers|Tom Sykes|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Commuters at Hackney Wick greeted by fond tribute to the late comedienne.
London Transport's Cheeky Tribute to Joan Rivers|Tom Sykes|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Hackney, Taylor Bickford has mostly worked to get Republicans elected.
Can Dems Ride Pot High to Victory?|Alexandra Gutierrez|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We are involved in a super PAC trying to help [Republican Senate contender] Dan Sullivan beat Mark Begich,” says Hackney.
Can Dems Ride Pot High to Victory?|Alexandra Gutierrez|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Edward sent him to London, 'fettered on a hackney,' to undergo the same barbarous death as his heroic brother.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The old days of comfortable hackney-carriages in hundreds about the Manila streets, at 50 cents Mex.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The word in former times meant merely a hackney, or horse adapted for the road.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
So my wife and I took leave of my Ladies, and home by a hackney-coach, the easiest that ever I met with, and so to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
He hailed a hackney cab on its way to a neighboring stand, and jumped into it with an air of affected indifference.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for hackney (1 of 2)

hackney

/ (ˈhæknɪ) /

noun

a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot

a coach or carriage that is for hire
(as modifier)a hackney carriage

a popular term for hack 2 (def. 1)

verb

(tr; usually passive) to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use

Derived forms of hackney

hackneyism, noun

Word Origin for hackney

C14: probably after Hackney, where horses were formerly raised; sense 4 meaning derives from the allusion to a weakened hired horse

British Dictionary definitions for hackney (2 of 2)

Hackney

/ (ˈhæknɪ) /

noun

a borough of NE Greater London: formed in 1965 from the former boroughs of Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, and Hackney; nearby are Hackney Marshes, the largest recreation ground in London. Pop: 208 400 (2003 est). Area: 19 sq km (8 sq miles)

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