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Definition: Meaning of, hack in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hak /

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hack hacked hacked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hacking hacks
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to cut something roughly or violently
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  2. [intransitive and transitive] to secretly find a way of getting information from someone else's computer or changing information on it
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  3. can't hack something informal to feel that you cannot continue to do something that is difficult or boring
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  4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English to ride a horse along roads or through the country
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  5. [intransitive] to cough in a loud unpleasant way
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hack hacks
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  1. a writer who does a lot of low quality work, especially writing newspaper articles
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  2. an unimportant politician
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  3. a way of using a computer to get into someone else's computer system without their permission
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  4. American English informal a taxi, or a taxi driver
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  5. an act of hitting something roughly with a cutting tool
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  6. an old tired horse
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  7. a horse you can pay money to ride on
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  8. British English a ride on a horse
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hack used in phrases

  • hack driver (noun)
    1. someone who drives a taxi for a living
  • hack on (verb)
    1. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
  • hack writer (noun)
    1. a mediocre and disdained writer
  • literary hack (noun)
    1. a mediocre and disdained writer
  • political hack (noun)
    1. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
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hack used in phrasal verbs

  • hack up (phrasal verb)
    1. to cut something into pieces using a knife or other sharp tool in a rough or violent way
    2. to remove something from your throat or lungs by coughing in a loud rough way
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