hackverb
uk/hæk/us/hæk/hack verb (CUT)
[ I or T, + adv/prep ] to cut into pieces in a rough and violent way, often without aiming exactly:
[ 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:
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- transfix
- whittle
- woodcarving
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hack verb (INFORMATION)
[ I or T ] to get into someone else's computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal:
[ I or T ] to use someone else's phone system without permission, especially to listen to their spoken messages:
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Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- enter
- fire
- format
- hacker
- hash
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- uninstall
- zip
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hack verb (MANAGE)
[ T usually in negatives ] informal to manage to deal successfully with something:
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefight
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- overcome
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- turn
- weather
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hack verb (HORSE)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] also go hacking to ride a horse for pleasure
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Horse riding
- curry
- dismount
- dressage
- gait
- gymkhana
- high-spirited
- horseback riding
- horseshoe
- horsey
- jib at sth
- mount
- mounted
- prance
- puissance
- rein
- rein sth in
- showjumping
- silk
- trot
- unsaddle
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hacknoun [ C ]
uk/hæk/us/hæk/hack noun [ C ] (WRITER)
disapproving a journalist (= writer for newspapers or magazines) whose work is low in quality or does not have much imagination:
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News reporting & the press
- ambulance chaser
- city desk
- CNN
- court correspondent
- coverage
- desk
- lay
- lead with sth
- lobby correspondent
- muckraking
- news agency
- news conference
- press box
- reporter
- silly season
- spoiler
- story
- syndicate
- syndicated
- the gutter press
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hack noun [ C ] (POLITICIAN)
disapproving a politician, especially one who is not important:
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the Liberal Party
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
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hack noun [ C ] (HORSE)
a ride on a horse in the countryside
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Horse riding
- curry
- dismount
- dressage
- gait
- gymkhana
- high-spirited
- horseback riding
- horseshoe
- horsey
- jib at sth
- mount
- mounted
- prance
- puissance
- rein
- rein sth in
- showjumping
- silk
- trot
- unsaddle
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hack noun [ C ] (DRIVER/CAR)
US informal (the driver of) a car that is available for rent, especially a taxi
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On the road: drivers
- biker
- bikie
- cabbie
- carter
- charioteer
- chauffeur
- designated driver
- dispatch rider
- driven
- motorcyclist
- motorist
- outrider
- petrolhead
- racing driver
- road hog
- Sunday driver
- taxi driver
- teamster
- trucker
- truckie
hack noun [ C ] (HELP)
a good solution or piece of advice: