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- pronunciation:
- haek
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hacks, hacking, hacked |
| definition 1: |
to chop or cut up or off with repeated heavy blows.
He hacked the wood into pieces.- synonyms:
- ax, chop, chop off, hew
- similar words:
- cleave, cut, gash, lop, slash, whack
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| definition 2: |
to make (a way, path, road, or the like) by chopping out obstructions.
We hacked a path through the tall weeds.- synonyms:
- slash
- similar words:
- ax, clear, hew, whack
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| definition 3: |
to damage or mutilate by cutting and rearranging.
The editor hacked up the novel beyond recognition.- synonyms:
- butcher, hash, make mincemeat of, mangle
- similar words:
- botch, bungle, mutilate
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| definition 4: |
(informal) to manage, succeed at, or cope with.
He had hoped to be a stand-up comedian but found that he just couldn't hack it.I couldn't hack the work hours at my other job, so I quit.- synonyms:
- cope with, deal with, handle, manage
- similar words:
- confront, do, face, master
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| related words: |
accomplish, achieve, cope, pass, truncate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to chop or cut roughly.
- synonyms:
- chop, hew
- similar words:
- cut, lop, slash, whack
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| definition 2: |
to emit short, harsh coughs.
He has the flu and he hacked all night last night.- similar words:
- bark, cough, rasp
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a rough cut made by hacking, or the act of making such a cut.
- synonyms:
- chop, gash, notch
- similar words:
- cut, nick, prostitute, score, slash
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| definition 2: |
a short, dry cough.
- similar words:
- bark, cough
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