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verb (used with object)
1.
to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
2.
to break up the surface of (the ground).
3.
to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, brush, or the like: They hacked a trail through the jungle.
4.
to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment; mutilate; mangle: The editor hacked the story to bits.
5.
EXPANDto reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim: The Senate hacked the budget severely before returning it to the House.
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Computers.
a.
to devise or modify (a computer program), usually skillfully.
b.
to circumvent security and break into (another's server, Web site, or the like) with malicious intent: Skilled criminals hacked the Bank of America's servers yesterday, jeopardizing thousands of accounts.
8.
Basketball. to strike the arm of (an opposing ball handler): He got a penalty for hacking the shooter.
9.
British. to kick or kick at the shins of (an opposing player) in Rugby football.
10.
COLLAPSESouth Midland and Southern U.S. to embarrass, annoy, or disconcert.
verb (used without object)
11.
to make rough cuts or notches; deal cutting blows.
12.
to cough harshly, usually in short and repeated spasms.
13.
Tennis.
a.
to take a poor, ineffective, or awkward swing at the ball.
b.
to play tennis at a mediocre level.
14.
British. to kick or kick at an opponent's shins in Rugby football.
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Hack around
is always a great word to know.
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noun
Verb phrases15.
a cut, gash, or notch.
16.
a tool, as an ax, hoe, or pick, for hacking.
17.
an act or instance of hacking; a cutting blow.
18.
a short, rasping dry cough.
19.
EXPANDa hesitation in speech.
20.
Curling. an indentation made in the ice at the foot score, for supporting the foot in delivering the stone.
21.
COLLAPSEBritish. a gash in the skin produced by a kick, as in Rugby football.
22.
hack around, Slang. to pass the time idly; indulge in idle talk.
23.
Idiomhack into, Computers. to break into (a server, Web site, etc.) from a remote location to steal or damage data: Students are constantly trying to hack into their school server to change their grades.
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hack it, Slang. to handle or cope with a situation or an assignment adequately and calmly: The new recruit just can't hack it.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English hacken; compare Old English tōhaccian to hack to pieces; cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken
1150–1200; Middle English hacken; compare Old English tōhaccian to hack to pieces; cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hack
c.1700, originally, "person hired to do routine work," short for hackney "an ordinary horse" (c.1300), probably from place name Hackney (Middlesex), from O.E. Hacan ieg "Haca's Isle" (or possibly "Hook Island"). Now well within London, it was once pastoral. Apparently nags were raised on the pastureland
EXPANDthere in early medieval times and taken to Smithfield horse market (cf. Fr. haquenée "ambling nag," an Eng. loan-word). Extended sense of "horse for hire" (late 14c.) led naturally to "broken-down nag," and also "prostitute" (1570s) and "drudge" (1540s). Special sense of "one who writes anything for hire" led to hackneyed "trite" (1749); hack writer is first recorded 1826, though hackney writer is at least 50 years earlier. Sense of "carriage for hire" (1704) led to modern slang for "taxicab."
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