American informal slang for a taxicab driver, derived from 'hack' — an old term for a hired carriage or cab. 'Hackie' adds a diminutive, familiar suffix, giving it a slightly affectionate or deprecating quality depending on context. The word has a mid-20th century New York flavor and appears in crime fiction, journalism, and urban writing of that era. While 'hack' is still occasionally used, both terms are dated in the era of rideshares, though they persist in nostalgic or period writing.
The hackie barely looked up from his newspaper as she climbed in and gave him the address.
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(US, informal) A taxicab driver.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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