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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 (often fol. by "up").
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 or succeed at.
He had hoped to be a stand-up comedian but found that he just couldn't hack it.- synonyms:
- deal with, handle, manage
- similar words:
- confront, do, face, master
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definition 5: |
(informal) to tolerate; cope with.
I couldn't hack the work long hours at that job, so I quit.He left the business world because he couldn't hack the pressure.- synonyms:
- cope, put up with, tolerate
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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.
The search party hacked through the dense underbrush.- 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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definition 3: |
to use a computer or other electronic means to penetrate the protected computer system of a business, government, or individual, either as an act of mischief or with malicious intent, such as stealing data.
He paid some computer whiz to hack into the computer system of the company that had fired him. |
definition 4: |
to write or modify programs for computers, usually with advanced skill and for pleasure.
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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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definition 3: |
a creatively improvised or uniquely clever method of solving a problem.
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