Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hackney

/hækni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: hack-ney
IPA: /hækni/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.

name

A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).

name

An English habitational surname from Old English.

name

One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney

name

(means of transportation): see hackney.

noun

An ordinary horse.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A carriage for hire or a cab.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A horse used to ride or drive.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Mamma would die if she knew. The boy," replied Georgiana, "walked with us to Oxford Street, and we took a hackney-coach. Will Mrs. Gooch ever forgive us for getting out of it at her door?""
"Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience How unhappy's the fate To live by one's pate And to be forced to write hackney for bread."
"hackney coaches"
"hackney authors"
"his accumulative and hackney tongue"
"[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]"

Etymology

The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept for hire in the London borough of Hackney. The place name is from Old English *Hacan īeġ "Hacan's Isle" (or "Hook's Island"), referring to dry land in a marsh.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: *Hacan īeġ, hakeney

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /hækni/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hackneys (plural) hackneys (present, singular) hackneying (participle, present) hackneyed (participle, past) hackneyed (past)

Derived Forms

hack hackneyed hackneyer hackneyman

Phrases

Hackney Bottom Hackney Downs hackney cab hackney carriage hackney writer

Synonyms

hackney carriage hackney coach

Rhymes With

acne blakney lachney brackney bacne

Questions

How do you pronounce hackney?: The recorded pronunciation is /hækni/.
What does hackney mean?: A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
Where does hackney come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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