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hack 1 H0004300 (hăk)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 Indo-European roots. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker.] hack′a·ble adj.
hack 2 H0004300 (hăk)n.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 a. A taxicab.b. 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: hack out Informal To produce (written material, for example), especially hastily or routinely: hacked out a weekly column. [Short for hackney.]Translationshack out
hack out1. To cut something off of or away from something else. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "out." Can you hack out the burnt pieces of the roast?2. To create something by chopping or cutting away at something else. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "out." I'm impressed with how our neighbors hacked a shape out of a tree stump on their front lawn.3. slang To make, create, or produce something quickly and perfunctorily. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hack" and "out." How many of these stupid articles do I have to hack out before someone at the magazine takes my work seriously?See also: hack, outhack something out of something and hack something out 1. to cut or chop something out of something. Jill hacked the bone out of the roast. She hacked out the big bone. 2. to fashion something by carving or chiseling from something. He hacked a rabbit out of the chunk of wood. In no time, the carver had hacked out a rabbit.See also: hack, of, outhack outv.1. To remove something by chopping or cutting; excise something: The butcher hacked the bone out from the meat. We hacked out the broken shingles from the roof.2. To fashion something by chopping, cutting, or chiseling: The artist hacked out a statue from a chunk of clay. Let's hack a sculpture out of the ice.3. Slang To produce something hastily or routinely, such as written material: The reporter hacked out a weekly column. The author hacked three romance novels out every year.See also: hack, outEncyclopediaSeehack |