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hack·ing    Audio Help   [hak-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
replacement of a single course of stonework by two or more lower courses.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME, in literal sense. See hack1, -ing1]
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hack 1    Audio Help   (hāk)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   hacked, hack·ing, hacks

v.   tr.
  1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings.
  2. To break up the surface of (soil).
    1. Informal To alter (a computer program): hacked her text editor to read HTML.
    2. To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization: hacked the firm's personnel database.
  4. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking: hacked millions off the budget.
  5. Slang To cope with successfully; manage: couldn't hack a second job.

v.   intr.
  1. To chop or cut something by hacking.
  2. Informal
    1. To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
    2. To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network: hacked into the company's intranet.
  3. To cough roughly or harshly.

n.  
  1. A rough, irregular cut made by hacking.
  2. A tool, such as a hoe, used for hacking.
  3. A blow made by hacking.
  4. A rough, dry cough.


[Middle English hakken, from Old English -haccian; see keg- in Indo-European roots. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker1.]

hack'a·ble adj.
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hack 2    Audio Help   (hāk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney.
  2. A worn-out horse for hire; a jade.
    1. One who undertakes unpleasant or distasteful tasks for money or reward; a hireling.
    2. A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing.
    3. A taxicab.
    4. See hackie.
  4. A carriage or hackney for hire.
  5. Informal
    1. A taxicab.
    2. See hackie.

v.   hacked, hack·ing, hacks

v.   tr.
  1. To let out (a horse) for hire.
  2. To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.

v.   intr.
  1. To drive a taxicab for a living.
  2. To work for hire as a writer.
  3. To ride on horseback at an ordinary pace.

adj.  
  1. By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing: hack prose.
  2. Hackneyed; banal.

Phrasal Verb(s):
hack out Informal
To produce (written material, for example), especially hastily or routinely: hacked out a weekly column.

[Short for hackney.]

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ˈhacking adjective
(of a cough) rough and dry
Example: He has had a hacking cough for weeks.
Arabic: جاف وقاسٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 短促干咳的
Chinese (Traditional): 短促干咳的
Czech: suchý
Danish: gøende
Dutch: droge hoest
Estonian: raiuv
Finnish: hakkaava
French: (toux) sèche
German: trockener Husten, stoßweise
Greek: ξερός
Hungarian: erős, száraz (köhögés)
Icelandic: harður og þurr
Indonesian: kering
Italian: secco
Japanese: からせきの
Korean: (기침이) 짧고 마른
Latvian: (par klepu) sauss; rejošs
Lithuanian: sausas
Norwegian: tørr (hoste), gneldrende
Polish: suchy
Portuguese (Brazil): seco
Portuguese (Portugal): seco
Romanian: (d. tuse) seacă
Russian: отрывистый и сухой
Slovak: suchý
Slovenian: suh (kašelj)
Spanish: seco, áspero
Swedish: hackande
Turkish: kuru
See also: hacker, hacksaw, hack, "hacking" in any language

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