hackney

hackney is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 19 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
2. noun. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. noun. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. noun. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
5. adjective. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
6. transitive verb. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
7. transitive verb. To carry in a hackney coach.
8. noun. a compact breed of harness horse
9. noun. a carriage for hire

Common word forms

hackneys, hackneyed, hackneyer, hackneying

Words from these letters

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