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Definitions for Hackney
[1] Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
[2] a trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like.
[3] a horse used for ordinary riding or driving.
[4] (initial capital letter ) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait.
[5] let out, employed, or done for hire.
[6] to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
[7] to use as a hackney.
[8] a borough of Greater London, England.
[9] a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
[10] a coach or carriage that is for hire (as modifier ) a hackney carriage
[11] a popular term for hack 2 (def. 1)
[12] (tr; usually passive) to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use
[13] 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)
Words related to Hackney
carriage, taxi, taxicab, hack, jitney, coach, vehicle, cab
Words nearby Hackney
hackleback, hackles, hackly, hackman, hackmatack, hackney, hackney coach, hackneyed, hacksaw, hacktivism, hacktivist
Origin of Hackney
1300–50; Middle English hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England
Other words from Hackney
hack·ney·ism , 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