Hack - definition of hack by The Free Dictionary Hack - definition of hack by The Free Dictionary Related to hack: Life hack hack 1 v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks v.tr. 1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings. 2. To make or shape by hitting or chopping with a sharp implement: hacked a trail through the forest. 3. To break up the surface of (soil). 4. a. To alter (a computer program): hacked her text editor to read HTML. b. To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization: hacked the firm's personnel database. 5. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking: hacked millions off the budget. 6. Slang To cope with successfully; manage: couldn't hack a second job. v.intr. 1. To chop or cut something by hacking. 2. a. To write or refine computer programs skillfully. b. 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. An attempt to hit a baseball; a swing of the bat. 5. a. An instance of gaining unauthorized access to a computer file or network. b. A program that makes use of existing often proprietary software, adding new features to it. c. A clever modification or improvement. 6. A rough, dry cough. [Middle English hakken, from Old English -haccian; see keg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker .] hack′a·ble adj. 1. A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney. 2. A worn-out horse for hire; a jade. 3. a. One who undertakes unpleasant or distasteful tasks for money or reward; a hireling. b. A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing. 4. A carriage or hackney for hire. 5. Informal 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. (hæk) vb 1. (when: intr, usually foll by at or away) to cut or chop (at) irregularly, roughly, or violently 2. to cut and clear (a way, path, etc), as through undergrowth 3. (Rugby) (in sport, esp rugby) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking or striking his shins 4. (Basketball) basketball to commit the foul of striking (an opposing player) on the arm 5. (Pathology) (intr) to cough in short dry spasmodic bursts 6. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to reduce or cut (a story, article, etc) in a damaging way 7. (Computer Science) to manipulate a computer program skilfully, esp, to gain unauthorized access to another computer system 8.

(tr) slang to tolerate; cope with: I joined the army but I couldn't hack it. 9. hack to bits to damage severely: his reputation was hacked to bits. n 10. a cut, chop, notch, or gash, esp as made by a knife or axe 11. (Agriculture) any tool used for shallow digging, such as a mattock or pick 12. a chopping blow 13. (Pathology) a dry spasmodic cough 14. (Rugby) a kick on the shins, as in rugby 15. a wound from a sharp kick [Old English haccian; related to Old Frisian hackia, Middle High German hacken] hack 1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving 2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an old, ill-bred, or overworked horse 3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for hire 4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit a country ride on horseback 5. a drudge 6.

(Journalism & Publishing) a person who produces mediocre literary or journalistic work 7. (Automotive Engineering) Also called: hackney US a coach or carriage that is for hire 8. (Automotive Engineering) informal 9. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure 10. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to let (a horse) out for hire 11. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) informal to write (an article) as or in the manner of a hack 12. (Automotive Engineering) (intr) informal US to drive a taxi adj (prenominal) banal, mediocre, or unoriginal: hack writing. [C17: short for hackney] 1. (Agriculture) a rack used for fodder for livestock 2. (Falconry) a board on which meat is placed for a hawk 3. (Building) a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry vb (tr) 4. (Agriculture) to place (fodder) in a hack 5.

(Building) to place (bricks) in a hack [C16: variant of hatch2] (hæk) v.t. 1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever with irregular, often heavy blows (often fol. by up or down): to hack down trees. 2. to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, or other growth. 3. to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment, as a piece of writing. 4. to reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim: to hack a budget severely. 5. Slang. to deal or cope with; handle; tolerate: I can't hack all this commuting. v.i. 6. to make rough cuts or notches. 7. to cough harshly, usu. in short and repeated spasms. n. 8. a cut, gash, or notch. 9. a tool for hacking, as an ax or pick. 10. an act or instance of hacking; a cutting blow. 11. a short, rasping dry cough. Idioms: hack it, Slang. to cope successfully with something.

[1150–1200; Middle English hacken; compare Old English tōhaccian to hack to pieces, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Middle High German hacken] hack2 (hæk) n. 1. a person, esp. a professional, who surrenders individual independence, integrity, belief, etc., in return for money or other reward: a political hack. 2. a writer whose services are for hire. 3. a person who produces banal or mediocre work or who works at a dull or routine task. 4. a horse kept for common hire or adapted for general work, esp. ordinary riding. 5. a saddle horse. 6. an old or worn-out horse; jade. 7. a coach or carriage kept for hire; hackney. 8. 9. to make a hack of; let out for hire. 10. to make trite or stale by frequent use; hackney. v.i. 11. to drive a taxi. 12. to ride or drive on the road at an ordinary pace. adj. 13. hired as a hack; of a hired sort: a hack writer; hack work. 14.

hackneyed; trite; banal: hack writing. [1680–90; short for hackney ] Hack I will have been hacking you will have been hacking he/she/it will have been hacking we will have been hacking you will have been hacking they will have been hacking Past Perfect Continuous Hack 1. A horse kept for hire. 2. A carriage for hire. When automobiles began to be available for hire, the term “hack” was carried over to what is now called a taxi. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training plodder , slogger - someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours 2. hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends pol , political leader , politico , politician - a person active in party politics 3. Grub Street - the world of literary hacks author , writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) 4.

hack - a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation 5. hack - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money auto , automobile , car , motorcar , machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" gypsy cab - a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls minicab - a minicar used as a taxicab fleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership 6. Equus caballus , horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 7. hack - a horse kept for hire Equus caballus , horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 8.

mount , riding horse , saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only Verb ax , axe - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 2. hack - be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" get by , grapple , make do , cope , manage , contend , deal , make out - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" 3. hack - cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" 4. hack - kick on the arms basketball , basketball game , hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop foul - commit a foul; break the rules 5. hack - kick on the shins rugby , rugby football , rugger - a form of football played with an oval ball foul - commit a foul; break the rules 6.

hack - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" programme , program - write a computer program 7. edit , redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" 8. cough - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day" hack 1 verb 1. (sometimes with away) cut , chop , slash , mutilate , mangle , gash , hew , lacerate He desperately hacked through the undergrowth. Some were hacked to death with machetes. 3. (Informal) cough , bark , wheeze , rasp the patients splutter and hack noun 1. (Informal) cough , bark , wheeze , rasp smoker's hack be hacked off (Informal) be annoyed, be fed up, be irked (by), be scunnered (Scot.) She was jealous, hacked off with the producer, but mostly with herself.

hack something off cut off , chop off , lop off a man's arm was hacked off at the elbow hack 2 noun 1. reporter , writer , correspondent , journalist , scribbler , contributor , hackette (derogatory), literary hack , penny-a-liner , Grub Street writer tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims 2. yes-man , lackey , toady , flunky , brown-noser (taboo slang) party hacks from the old days still hold influential jobs adjective حِصانقَطْعيَشُقُّ طريقه يُقَطِّع يَقْطَع، يَبْتُر rozsekattaxizáseknájemný kůňprosekat kompiuterių aistruolis/fanatikaskompiuterių piratasmetalo pjūklasnuomojamas arklysnuomojamas automobilis iecirtumsizcirstrobssacirstsakapāt hack 1 [hæk] A.

N (= cut) → corte m, tajo m; (= blow) (with axe) → hachazo m; (with machete) → machetazo m B. VT to hack one's way through sth → abrirse paso por algo a machetazos to hack sth to pieces → hacer algo pedazos (a hachazos) 2. I can't hack it (US) → no puedo hacerlo C. VI 1. (= cut) → dar tajos (at a) he was hacking at a loaf of bread → estaba dándole tajos a una hogaza de pan 2. (Comput) to hack into a system → piratear un sistema , conseguir entrar en un sistema hack around VI + ADV (US) → gandulear , vaguear hack down VT + ADV [+ tree etc] → derribar a hachazos hack 1. (= old horse) → jamelgo m, rocín m; (= hired horse) → caballo m de alquiler 2.

(= writer) → escritorzuelo/a m/f, plumífero/a m/f; (= journalist) → gacetillero/a m/f 3. (US) (= taxi) → taxi m B. VI to go hacking → montar a caballo C. CPD hack reporter N → reportero/a m/f de poca monta hack writer N = hack 2 A2 hack (= cut, chop) [+ bushes, undergrowth] → tailler dans; [+ wood] → couper to hack at sth, to hack away at sth → tailler dans qch to hack a path through the jungle → se tailler un chemin à travers la jungle to hack sb to death (with an axe) → massacrer qn à coups de hache to hack sb to death with a machete → tuer qn à coups de machette to hack sb/sth to pieces → tailler qn/qch en pièces , mettre qn/qch en pièces to hack it He can't hack it → Il est largué . to hack it as sth He can't hack it as a singer → Il ne fait pas le poids comme chanteur .

n (pejorative) (= politician) → politicard (e) m/f a political hack → un(e) politicard (e) the party hacks → les militants du parti (= old horse) → canasson m (pejorative) hack writer → écrivaillon m hack attack (on computer system) → piratage m hack down vt fus [+ computer system, network] → s'introduire dans hack off (= annoy) [+ person] → mettre hors de soi His attitude really hacks me off → Son attitude me met hors de moi.

see also hacked off hacked off adj (= annoyed) → furax inv to be hacked off with sb → en avoir ras le bol de qn hack n (= trivial writing) → Schmiererei f (inf); (= mindless editing) → Routinearbeit f hack 1 n (= cut) → (Ein) schnitt m, → Kerbe f; (= action) → Hieb m; to take a hack at something → mit der Axt etc auf etw (acc) → schlagen ; (in rage) → auf etw (acc) → einhacken (= kick) → Tritt m; he had a hack at his opponent’s ankle → er versetzte seinem Gegner einen Tritt gegen den Knöchel (= cough) → trockener Husten vt (= cut) → schlagen , hacken ; don’t hack your meat, cut it → du musst das Fleisch nicht hacken , sondern schneiden ; to hack somebody/something to pieces (lit) → jdn / etw zerstückeln ; (fig) → jdn / etw zerfetzen ; he was brutally hacked to death → er ist brutal (mit einem Beil etc) erschlagen worden; to hack

 one’s way out → sich einen Weg frei schlagen ; to hack one’s way through (something) → sich (dat) → einen Weg (durch etw) schlagen , sich (durch etw) durchhauen (Sport) ball → treten gegen, einen Tritt versetzen (+dat); to hack somebody on the shin → jdn vors or gegen das Schienbein treten (inf: = cope) to hack it → es bringen (sl) vi (= chop) → hacken ; he hacked (away) at the branch → er schlug auf den Ast ; don’t hack at it → hack nicht daran herum (Sport) he was booked for hacking → er wurde wegen Holzerei verwarnt (Comput) → hacken ; to hack into the system → in das System eindringen hack n (= hired horse) → Mietpferd nt; (= ride) → Ritt m (pej: = literary hack) → Schreiberling m; the newspaper hacks → die Zeitungsschreiber pl; paid hack → Lohn- or Soldschreiber(in) m(f) (pej inf) (party) hack → (Partei)

 heini m (inf) → or -typ m (inf) (US: = taxi) → Taxi nt vi → einen Spazierritt machen ; to go hacking → ausreiten hack 1.

n (of sword, axe) → colpo ; (of sabre) → fendente m 2. vt to hack sth to pieces → tagliare a pezzi qc b. to hack into (Comput) (program, system) → inserirsi illegalmente in hack about vt + adv → tagliare my book's been hacked about terribly by the editor → il mio libro è stato tagliato senza pietà dal redattore hack down vt + adv (tree) → abbattere (a colpi d'ascia ) hack a. (old horse) → ronzino ; (ride) → passeggiata a cavallo b. (pej) (writer) → scribacchino/a 2. vi to go hacking → (andare a) fare una passeggiata a cavallo hack (hӕk) verb 1. to cut or chop up roughly. The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.

kap يَقْطَع، يَبْتُر насичам cortar rozsekat hacken hakke πελεκώ , πετσοκόβω cortar , tajar (tükkideks) raiuma بریدن؛ ساطور زدن hakata hacher לְקַצֵץ בִּפרָאוּת टुकडे़ करना rasjeci, komadati vagdal, felvág memotong-motong höggva; sarga, hjakka tagliare たたき切る 난도질하다 kapoti sacirst; sakapāt lapah hakken hakke rąbać, ciąć ه غير منظم ډول ټوټه كول ياپرې كول، خوږول، ټوخيدل لغتىوهل cortar a tăia; a ciopârţi разрубать rozsekať razsekati iseći hacka, skära สับ; เฉือน parçalamak 亂砍 рубати بوٹی

 بوٹی کر دینا chặt; đốn 乱砍 2.

to cut (a path etc) roughly. He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle. kap يَشُقُّ طريقه пробивам си (път) abrir prosekat (si) hacken skære ανοίγω δρόμο με μαχαίρα abrirse paso a hachazos raiuma باز کردن raivata se tailler ...

à coups de לַחתוֹך घुड़सवारी करना prosijecati, zasjeci (utat) vág merambah höggva tagliare , aprirsi un varco 切り開く 마구 자르다 prakirsti, prakapoti izcirst (ceļu) menebas hakken hogge ut rąbać پرانیستی abrir a(-şi) croi (un drum/o cale) прорубать (дорогу) presekať (si) izsekati (si) prokrčiti hugga [upp] เดินทางลัด zorlukla kendine yol açmak 劈出 вирубати جھاڑ جھنکاڑ کو ہٹا کر راستہ نکالنا phát quang cây cối để lấy đường đi 辟出 noun 1. a rough cut made in something. He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.

keep قَطْع рязка corte zásek die Einkerbung hak πελέκημα, εγκοπή corte , tajo, machetazo , hachazo sälk بریدگی؛ شکاف viilto entaille לַחתוֹך בְּגָסוּת काट zasjek, trag udarca bevágás bacokan skora tacca 刻み目 마구 자르기 rantas, užkarpa, įpjova iecirtums; robs tetakan hak , inkeping hakk , blink , skår cięcie سوري corte crestătură зарубка zásek, zárez vsek usek hack, hugg, skåra การสับ çentik , kertik 砍痕 зарубка چیرا nhát chặt 砍痕 2. a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.

huurperd; taxi حِصان наемен кон cavalo/táxi nájemný kůň; taxi das Mietpferd, -auto udlejningshest; udlejningsbil ενοικιαζόμενο άλογο ή αυτοκίνητο caballo de alquiler; coche de alquiler üürihobune, takso اسب یا کالسکه یا تاکسی کرایه ای vuokraratsu, vuokra-auto cheval de selle ; taxi סוס , מכונית להשכרה किराये का घोड़ा najmljeni konj, fijaker, taksi bérkocsi kuda, taksi leiguhestur; leigubíll cavallo ; taxi 貸し馬 (車) 세놓은 말 nuomojamas arklys/automobilis zirgs; taksometrs kuda sewa gehuurd paard, gehuurde auto leiehest , leiebil koń/poj

azd do wynajęcia دكريې اّس، زوړاّس، بيكار.

ليكونكى ، ټيكسى ( موټر pileca/carro cal de călărie; taxi наёмная лошадь; машина напрокат kôň na prenájom; taxík jezdni konj; taksi konj za iznajmljivanje ridhäst, uthyrningshäst, taxi ม้าให้เช่า kiralık at/araba 出租馬匹，(美國)出租汽車 найманий екіпаж سواری کا گھوڑا ngựa, xe ô tô cho thuê 出租马车，（美国）出租汽车 ˈhacker noun 1. a person who illegally gains access to information stored in other people's computers.

kapper, kodebreker مُخْتَرِق الحواسيب хакер hacker hacker der Hacker hacker αυτός που “σπάει” προγράμματα υπολογιστών pirata informático kräkker دزد کامپیوتری hakkeri pirate informatique פּוֹרֵץ מַחשֵׁבִים गैरकानूनी रूप से अन्य लोगों के कंप्यूटरों में संग्रहीत जानकारी तक पहुंच हासिल करने वाला haker, osoba koja nastoji prodrijeti u zatvoreni kompjuterski sustav számítógépkalóz penyusup hacker , pirata informatico 他人のコンピューターシステムに不法に侵入する人 해커, 컴퓨터 �

�해자 kompiuterių piratas hakeris penggodam hacker , computerkraker datasnok haker كامپيوتري غل хэкер počítačový pirát heker haker hacker, hackare ผู้เจาะระบบเครือข่ายคอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayar korsanı 電腦駭客 хакер, комп'ютерний зломник کمپیوٹر می محفوظ معلومات تک ناواجب طور سے رسائی حاصل کرنے والا kẻ xâm nhập máy tính bất hợp pháp 电脑黑客 2.

a computer enthusiast.

rekenaarfoendie, rekenaargoëlaar هاوي حاسوب компютърен ентусиаст hacker počítačový fanoušek der Computer-freak nørd λάτρης ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών maniático de la informática häkker کامپیوتر دوست tietokoneharrastaja fan d'informatique חוֹבֵב מַחשֵׁבִים कंप्यूटर को लेकर उत्साही kompjuterski entuzijast (fanatik) hekker penggemar komputer (appassionato d'informatica) コンピュターおたく 컴퓨터 심취자 kompiuterių aistruolis/fanatikas datorfans penggemar komputer computerfanaat datafrik د کمپیوتر سر مینه لرل компьютерный фанат počítačový fanatik računalniški

 entuziast računarski fanatik hacker, hackare, datanörd ผู้ทำงานอย่างหามรุ่งหามค่ำ (ทางคอมพิวเตอร์) bilgisayar tutkunu 電腦玩家 комп'ютерний експерт کمپیوٹر کا ماہر người say mê máy tính 电脑玩家 ˈhacking adjective (of a cough) rough and dry.

He has had a hacking cough for weeks. droë hoes جاف وقاسٍ раздираш seco suchý trockener Husten , stoßweise gøende ξερός seco , áspero raiuv خشک و سخت kuiva sèche לְהִשתַעֵל שִׁיעוּל יָבֵש सूखा और खुरदुरा suh, trajan (kašalj) erős, száraz (köhögés) kering harður og þurr secco からせきの 마른 sausas (par klepu) sauss; rejošs batuk kering droge hoest tørr , gneldrende suchy وچ او ټوخی seco (d.

tuse) seacă отрывистый и сухой suchý suh (kašelj) suv hackande ไอ kuru 短促乾咳的 сухий خشک khan (ho) 短促干咳的 ˈhacksaw noun a saw for cutting metals.

ystersaag مِنْشار معادِن ножовка serra pilka na kov die Metallsäge nedstryger σιδεροπρίονο sierra para metales rauasaag اره آهن بر metallisaha scie à métaux מַסוֹר מַתֶכֶת धातु काटने की आरी pila za metal fémfűrész gergaji besi járnsög seghetto 弓のこ (금속을 절단하는) 활톱 metalo pjūklas metālzāģis gergaji besi ijzerzaag baufil , metallsag piła د آهن اره serra bom­faier ножовка pílka na kov kovinska žaga ručna testera bågfil เลื่อยตัดโลหะ demir testeresi 鋼鋸 ножівка دھات کاٹنے کی آری cưa kim loại 钢锯 Hack hack - definition of hack in English |

 Oxford Dictionaries ‘A spot of possession allows Hamann to take a hack from 30 yards.’ ‘He also smashed a couple of hacks high into the crowd.’ ‘So, Jude chopped it down with only a few hacks from his hatchet and he and Josie carried it home.’ ‘Caden's red practice jersey matches those of the players taking hacks in the batting cage, hours before a game against the Padres.’ ‘His hack out of the 22 broke the Ripon siege on Ilkley's line.’ ‘He is impatient, which leads to a lot of bad hacks.’ ‘The extra time has paid off; Blalock has cut down on his first-pitch hacks and is hitting better than.300.’ ‘In this hack and slash action adventure you control a party three characters - a fighter, sorcerer and rogue.’ ‘My preparation amounted to a windswept hack around the Silverknowes course in Edinburgh.’ ‘He grabbed two tries in the win at Wilderspool and repeated the brace showing blistering pace to chase Bobbie Goulding's kick and then his own hack ahead.’ ‘Jeff has a slightly open stance and takes a wicked hack at pitches he likes.’ ‘Only a courageous tackle by young Matthews and a fort

uitous hack on saved the day as West Leeds attacked.’ ‘A stroll along the beach in search of seals and shells, or a hack around the hotel's six-hole golf course, is outing enough for most.’ ‘Weatherby made it 19-7 with a hack and chase to touch down.’ ‘He aims for the right hip of lefthanded hitters, and if the sinker breaks properly, they are unable to take a good hack as it crosses the inner half of the plate.’ ‘But with so many first- and second-pitch hacks, I was too heavy on the button, so I missed at least one half-inning.’ ‘Cabrera sat down in between prodigious hacks in the batting-practice cage and said he had a lot to learn.’ ‘He used to take hacks at my tires after school.’ ‘A major scare followed as Nick Bell had trouble clearing up a kick through allowing Selby a hack on and chase but the ball went dead.’ ‘Combe though soon struck back after another Havant attack, which included more fortuitous hacks, was intercepted by Knuckley who took play deep into the home 22.’ 1.1 (in sport) a kick or a stroke with a stick inflicted on

 another player.

Example sentences ‘It that been that way from the moment in the fourth minute when Ferdinand became the first of nine bookings by Andy D' Urso for a silly hack at William Gallas.’ ‘Absolutely needless foul conceded by Van Der Meyde for a hack at Ljungberg.’ ‘Cafu has a hack at Cahill's ankles and trots sheepishly away as Culina lines up the free-kick.’ ‘It might be more than fair to wonder where the points are going to come from when so many bumps and hacks aren't whistled.’ ‘The play was a little chippy, with what looked like Pippen taking some strong hacks at Celtics players.’ ‘Barnetta does his finest Cristiano Ronaldo impression, welling up as the ref takes his name for a hack at Shelayev.’ ‘After that, Justin Gregory might also have gone, but was so inexpert in trying to kick Jeffers that he missed with the hack.’ ‘Frings is booked for a Deco-v-Holland-style hack at Deco.’ ‘While he did catch him in the head, the hack in no way merited a suspension.’ ‘Gonzalez has a hack at someone else - who makes sure the ref knows he's in ‘agony’

.’ ‘Vieira picked up his first caution for a hack at van Bommel, who himself was lucky to escape a caution for following through on Campbell.’ ‘The Dens player-boss, claiming the hack was unintended, almost agreed.’ ‘The second card, for Quashie, did follow an intentional, brutish hack at Belmadi, who went looking for revenge and was also booked.’ ‘Coly is booked for a little hack on Alexandersson.’ ‘Yellow card for Mauricio Solis for a despicable hack on Edison Mendez.’ ‘Unfortunately for Marc and Bobby Sura, he took out many months of anger on Sura's head with a vicious hack as the Warrior attempted a layup.’ 1.2 A notch cut in the ice, or a peg inserted, to steady the foot when delivering a stone in curling.

Example sentences ‘This gripper is used for pushing out of the hack (the foothold) and, more importantly, for propelling you down the ice when you're sweeping or just trying to get to the other end.’ 1.3 A tool for rough striking or cutting, e.g. a mattock or a miner's pick. 1.4archaic A gash or wound.

2informal An act of computer hacking: ‘the challenge of the hack itself’ More example sentences ‘I think the whole ecommerce-targeted hack last week was ever-so-slightly amusing.’ ‘Jen wouldn't try this big of a hack on any other computer because she wouldn't be able to cover her tracks, but with this computer she could.’ ‘Every hacker is at one and the same time producer and product of the hack, and emerges in its singularity as the memory of the hack as process.’ ‘The way in which the attack was carried out indicates that this was no ordinary hack.’ ‘On the other hand, you post warnings about bugs and viruses, then post on the same page a hack to help screw with people's email.’ ‘The end result was about two hours after going back online, they were hacked again with the same hack.’ ‘The firm is helping federal special agents to search the internet for any evidence that may led the FBI to the people behind the hacks.’ ‘Several media accounts described the data breach as a computer hack.’ ‘Fraud, not a computer hack, is responsible for the latest breach of more than 140,000 personal data records.’ ‘The China Daily has an article about the hack together with a

 screen shot of the hacked site.’ ‘In the moment before data is re-encrypted, it is left vulnerable to a hack.’ ‘The hacks are coming faster; the time between the revelation of a software vulnerability and a related exploitation by hackers is decreasing.’ ‘We reported on this hack of their website yesterday.’ ‘The problem is, however, that the tools and methods are very much the same for a classic hack as for a computer terrorist act.’ ‘A dictionary hack would crack that password in a few moments.’ ‘Thompson's hack was to modify the login program so that it would accept both your password or a password he specified and hard-coded into the system as valid.’ ‘I've been inundated with emails about this, and just now someone sent me a screenshot of the hack.’ ‘For them, each hack presented a new challenge and, in most cases, a new victory.’ ‘As some of you may know, the source code was leaked before launch, so Valve is re-writing portions of it to address the potential problems of front-end hacks.’ ‘Beyond stating it's confident that no customer data was jeopardised by the hack, the company is staying schtum about the embarrassing security breach.’ 2.1 A piece of computer code providing a quick or

 inelegant solution to a particular problem: ‘this hack doesn't work on machines that have a firewall’ More example sentences ‘If you are going to pursue a keyboard hack, there is a good article on the Internet that I suggest consulting as an addendum to the material presented here.’ ‘Not all of the techniques will work cross-browser without some CSS hacks, and some of the hacks will cause your code to be invalid.’ ‘I actually am looking for a hack or script that would change the color of a mobile device in my buddy list.’ ‘I figured I'd hit a sticking point eventually and if necessary, resort to some ugly table hack to finish the job.’ ‘To the developer, making Linux work on an iPod is more than a clever hack or a technical challenge.’ ‘We geeks who buy the latest and greatest will often gleefully trade work-a-rounds, hacks, or other tidbits of information needed to make things work.’ ‘Linksys, now owned by Cisco, not only doesn't mind your hacking the box, they are including some of those hacks in their revised firmware.’ ‘It is possible to successfully use a keyboard hack, but there are several obstacles to overcome first.’ ‘Technically, both were easily customizable hacks built on open-source software and

 generic hardware.’ ‘The best way to keep sites simple is to use the most efficient way of coding an effect, avoiding both CSS hacks and JavaScript objects.’ ‘Seems that the upgraded firmware, hacks, and possibly GTA are the only major factors getting any real attention.’ ‘It's become clear that Web page authors must move beyond the current grab bag of hacks and workarounds and learn to write compliant and efficient markup.’ ‘You have many excellent alternatives to a keyboard hack available to you today.’ ‘In the early years, designers used tricks like animated GIFs and table hacks in clever, interesting and horrible ways.’ ‘To get my mac to the same, I had to setup a similar program, and both hacks ended up constantly sending flat files to my server over insecure FTP.’ ‘We can now overclock video cards with registry hacks, and software such as Powerstrip.’ ‘The economy models make excellent alternatives to keyboard hacks, providing the functionality of a keyboard hack with less effort involved.’ ‘Some people will comment here or email me and say how easy it is to implement all the hacks and scripts, how easy it is to fool with the templates and that's great for those people.’ ‘Keyboard hacks can be an extremely low-cost way to go, and can either be fun

 or infuriating to build depending on your temperament and soldering skill.’ ‘I'm not sure MS can devise some sort of hack to fix that, but maybe there's a ISAPI plugin that can.’ 2.2 A strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently: ‘another hack that will save time is to cover your side mirrors with a plastic bag when freezing rain is forecast’ Phrasal Verbs Pass one's time idly or with no definite purpose: ‘she hacked around with neighbourhood buddies’ More example sentences ‘The Racquet Clubbers had little in common with the inventors of squash - aimless schoolboys hacking around back alleys avoiding homework.’ ‘It had to be a directed activity - dozing in the sun would be hacking around, but building a dam in the creek would not be.’ ‘To be hacking around in his company is to be handed the ultimate humiliation.’ ‘We were playing a lot together, hacking around, and drinking a lot of free beer.’ ‘I had no lessons or anything, so I kind of hacked around until I was 17, then I quit.’ ‘I just hacked around town on my own, running errands.’ ‘Because I'm going to make the improvements on this new ship

 of yours before I decide to start hacking around.’ hack someone off ‘it really hacks me off when they whine about what a poor job we're doing’ More example sentences ‘Okay, I'm a country gal and sometimes stuff hacks me off.’ ‘Well, there was a whole heap of hacks and they were hacked off for a whole heap of reasons.’ ‘When they did manage to win against us, they were so arrogant with their parading round the ground, it hacked us off.’ ‘I had no business bidding anyway and it's better I lost, but the winner, a woman with money who's cornered the memorabilia market, hacks me off all the same.’ ‘Car culture per se puts my teeth on edge, but TV ads for cars tend to be part of the more visible opinion formation/reflection mechanism and hence hack me off.’ ‘If someone hacks me off now I have to tell them, because resentment leads to anxiety which leads to depression.’ ‘But really the only winners were the French and they were hacked off with the English weather, especially when they eventually reached Carlisle.’ ‘‘It's beginning to really hack me off,’ she confesses.’ ‘The Government is hacked off that people are not very grateful.’ ‘And for those of us

 who'd want a game to show some semblance of purity, perhaps a little self-restraint, at least a touch of professionalism, does this deepening morass hack you off?’ ‘It's the smug exclamation mark that really hacks me off.’ ‘It's an important issue for us women, and for a man, any man, to feel uncomfortable about her discussing it hacks her off.’ ‘Casablanca is often called the finest Hollywood film of all time, which has always really hacked me off, I've never highly rated the thing.’ ‘Congratulations - not only have you lost a regular customer, you've also hacked him off enough that he'll tell all his friends and colleagues not to use them.’ ‘Is it me or does it hack you off when some nobody scoots off with our claret jug?’ Origin Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken.

Pronunciation: 2A horse for ordinary riding. Example sentences ‘English breeders are turning their attention chiefly to hacks, hunters and heavy draft horses.’ ‘As to who of the above appeared on the sacred gallops on bicycles, who on hacks and who in motors, we can only surmise.’ ‘The stables catered for hacks, hunters, carriage horses and carriages and the Georgian quadrangle was established as the ideal pattern.’ ‘A Munnings horse on the other hand has a lot of the stable about it - a lot of knowledge, no doubt, and a lot to attract others who know their hacks, hunters and ponies.’ ‘They are quite often sent off on loan for someone to use as hacks or show jump them.’ Synonyms hack | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary hack for learners of EnglishPowered by COBUILD (hæk ) Word forms: hacks , hacking , hacked Definitions 1. verb If you hack something or hack at it, you cut it with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool such as an axe or knife. [V n] ⇒ An armed gang barged onto the train and began hacking and shooting anyone in sight.

[be V-ed prep/adv] ⇒ Some were hacked to death with machetes. [V prep] ⇒ Matthew desperately hacked through the leather. Hack away means the same as hack . [V P at n] ⇒ He started to hack away at the tree bark. 2. verb If you hack your way through an area such as a jungle or hack a path through it, you move forward , cutting back the trees or plants that are in your way. [V n prep/adv] ⇒ We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 3. verb If you hack at or hack something which is too large, too long, or too expensive , you reduce its size , length, or cost by cutting out or getting rid of large parts of it. [V adv/prep] ⇒ He hacked away at the story, eliminating one character entirely. [Also V n] 4. countable noun If you refer to a professional writer , such as a journalist , as a hack, you disapprove of them because they write for money without worrying very much about the quality of their writing. [disapproval] ⇒ ...tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims in order to sell newspapers. ⇒ ...a hack writer of cheap romances. 5.

countable noun If you refer to a politician as a hack, you disapprove of them because they are too loyal to their party and perhaps do not deserve the position they have. [disapproval] ⇒ Far too many party hacks from the old days still hold influential jobs. 6. verb If someone hacks into a computer system, they break into the system, especially in order to get secret information. [V + into] ⇒ The saboteurs had demanded money in return for revealing how they hacked into the systems. hacking uncountable noun ⇒ ...the common and often illegal art of computer hacking. 7. verb [oft cont] If you hack or go hacking, you go out for a ride on horseback. [British] [V prep/adv] ⇒ The children could be seen hacking across the hillside on their ponies. hacking uncountable noun ⇒ Hacking is a major activity in the horse world. 8. countable noun hack Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary › [ T usually + adv/prep ] UK in football and rugby , to kick the ball away or to foul (= act against the rules ) by kicking another player in the leg : He was twice hacked down in the second half by the other team's sweeper .

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Hacking | Define Hacking at Dictionary.com hacking replacement of a single course of stonework by two or more lower courses. Origin of hacking 1400-50; late Middle English, in literal sense. See hack 1, -ing 1 hack1 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. to reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim: The Senate hacked the budget severely before returning it to the House. 6. Slang. to deal or cope with; handle: He can't hack all this commuting. 7. Computers.

to modify (a computer program or electronic device) or write (a program) in a skillful or clever way: Developers have hacked the app. I hacked my tablet to do some very cool things. to circumvent security and break into (a network, computer, file, etc.), usually with malicious intent: Criminals hacked the bank's servers yesterday. Our team systematically hacks our network to find vulnerabilities. 8. Informal. to make use of a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing (something): to hack a classic recipe; to hack your weekend with healthy habits. 9. Basketball. to strike the arm of (an opposing ball handler): He got a penalty for hacking the shooter. 10. British. to kick or kick at the shins of (an opposing player) in Rugby football. 11. South Midland and Southern U.S. to embarrass, annoy, or disconcert. verb (used without object) to make rough cuts or notches; deal cutting blows. 13. to cough harshly, usually in short and repeated spasms. 14. to modify a computer program or electronic device in a skillful or clever way: to hack around with HTML.

to break into a network, computer, file, etc., usually with malicious intent. 15. to take a poor, ineffective, or awkward swing at the ball. to play tennis at a mediocre level. 16. British. to kick or kick at an opponent's shins in Rugby football. noun a cut, gash, or notch. 18. a tool, as an ax, hoe, or pick, for hacking. 19. an act or instance of hacking; a cutting blow. 20. a short, rasping dry cough. 21. a piece of code that modifies a computer program in a skillful or clever way: software hacks. an act or instance of breaking into a network, computer, file, etc., usually with malicious intent (often used attributively): a hack on our system; a recent hack attack. 23. Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing something: hacks for holiday entertaining; parenting hacks. 24. Curling. an indentation made in the ice at the foot score, for supporting the foot in delivering the stone. 25. British. a gash in the skin produced by a kick, as in Rugby football.

Verb phrases hack around, Slang. to pass the time idly; indulge in idle talk. 27. hack into, Computers. to break into (a network, computer, file, etc.), usually with malicious intent: Students tried to hack into their school server to change their grades. Idioms 28. 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 Expand 1150-1200; Middle English hacken; compare Old English tōhaccian to hack to pieces; cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken Synonym Study noun 1. a person, as an artist or writer, who exploits, for money, his or her creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts: As a painter, he was little more than a hack. 2. a professional who renounces or surrenders individual independence, integrity, belief, etc., in return for money or other reward in the performance of a task normally thought of as involving a strong personal commitment: a political hack.

3. a writer who works on the staff of a publisher at a dull or routine task; someone who works as a literary drudge: He was one among the many hacks on Grub Street.

Question: What is a kick, a cut, a horse, and uninspiring journalist?
Answer: Hack