hijack
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: card-games
government
poker
politics
Etymology: Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).
Compound parts: highway
jacker
Inflected forms:
form: hijacks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hijacking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hijacked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hijacked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hi-jack
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: highjack
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: hijacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hi-jack
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: highjack
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
pos: verb
gloss: To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
pos: verb
examples: hijack the radio show
gloss: To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
pos: verb
gloss: An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
pos: noun
gloss: An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
pos: noun
examples: I opened my closet door and stared. Should I pack my good suit and black loafers? Uh-uh. Travel light. Think positive. Go there, get done whatever there was to do, and get back. I loved Lolly, but I couldn't let her stroke hijack my life. How many guys would do this much for their aunt?
gloss: An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
pos: noun
gloss: Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A highwayman, robber.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: One lone "high-jack" held up 11 harvest hands in a freight car [...] last night, making a clean getaway with slightly over $180.
Derived words: antihijack
bluejack
bodyjack
carjack
clickjack
cryptojack
culture-jack
gamejack
hijackable
hijackee
hijacker
hijackware
lojack
rehijack
seajack
skyjack
threadjack
unhijacked
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: خَطَفَ
roman: ḵaṭafa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qaçırmaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: отвличам
roman: otvličam
lang: Catalan
word: segrestar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 劫持
roman: jiéchí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 攔路搶劫 /拦路抢劫
roman: lánlùqiǎngjié
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 劫機 /劫机
roman: jiéjī
lang: Czech
word: unést
lang: Danish
word: kapre
lang: Dutch
word: kapen
lang: Esperanto
word: kaperi
lang: Estonian
word: kaaperdama
lang: Finnish
word: kaapata
lang: French
word: détourner
lang: Galician
word: secuestrar
lang: German
word: entführen
lang: German
word: hijacken
lang: German
word: überfallen
lang: German
word: kapern
lang: German
word: die Kontrolle an sich reißen über
lang: Greek
word: καταλαμβάνω
roman: katalamváno
lang: Greek
word: απάγω
roman: apágo
lang: Italian
word: dirottare
lang: Japanese
word: 乗っ取る
roman: nottoru
lang: Macedonian
word: при́граби
roman: prígrabi
lang: Macedonian
word: гра́бне
roman: grábne
lang: Macedonian
word: о́тима
roman: ótima
lang: Malay
word: rampas
lang: Māori
word: kāhaki
lang: Māori
word: kāwhaki
lang: Norman
word: haïjatchi
lang: Polish
word: porywać
lang: Polish
word: porwać
lang: Portuguese
word: sequestrar
lang: Russian
word: угоня́ть
roman: ugonjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: угна́ть
roman: ugnátʹ
lang: Russian
word: напада́ть
roman: napadátʹ
lang: Russian
word: напа́сть
roman: napástʹ
lang: Russian
word: захва́тывать
roman: zaxvátyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: захвати́ть
roman: zaxvatítʹ
lang: Spanish
word: secuestrar
lang: Spanish
word: atracar
lang: Spanish
word: arrebatar
lang: Spanish
word: rebatar
lang: Swedish
word: kapa
lang: Vietnamese
word: cướp máy bay
lang: Vietnamese
word: không tặc