Hackie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A taxicab driver. US, informal

    "There was a taxi stand there and I yanked open the door. ‘He goes first,’ the hackie said, jerking a thumb at the cab ahead."

Example

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"There was a taxi stand there and I yanked open the door. ‘He goes first,’ the hackie said, jerking a thumb at the cab ahead."

Etymology

From hack (“taxicab”) + -ie.

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