hack 1 (h k)v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks v.tr. 1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings. 2. To break up the surface of (soil). 3. a. Informal 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. 4. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking: hacked millions off the budget. 5. Slang To cope with successfully; manage: couldn't hack a second job. v.intr. 1. To chop or cut something by hacking. 2. Informal 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. 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 (hk) 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. Phrasal Verb: 1. By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing: hack prose. 2. Hackneyed; banal. hack out Informal To produce (written material, for example), especially hastily or routinely: hacked out a weekly column. [Short for hackney.] |
hack1
vb
1. (when intr, usually foll by at or away) to cut or chop (at) irregularly, roughly, or violently
2. to cut and clear (a way, path, etc.), as through undergrowth
3. (Team Sports / Rugby) (in sport, esp rugby) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking or striking his shins
4. (Team Sports / Basketball) Basketball to commit the foul of striking (an opposing player) on the arm
5. (Medicine / Pathology) (intr) to cough in short dry spasmodic bursts
6. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to reduce or cut (a story, article, etc.) in a damaging way
7. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to manipulate a computer program skilfully, esp, to gain unauthorized access to another computer system
8. (tr) Slang to tolerate; cope with I joined the army but I couldn't hack it
hack to bits to damage severely his reputation was hacked to bits
n
1. a cut, chop, notch, or gash, esp as made by a knife or axe
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) any tool used for shallow digging, such as a mattock or pick
3. a chopping blow
4. (Medicine / Pathology) a dry spasmodic cough
5. (Team Sports / Rugby) a kick on the shins, as in rugby
6. a wound from a sharp kick
[Old English haccian; related to Old Frisian hackia, Middle High German hacken]
hack2
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an old, ill-bred, or overworked horse
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for hire
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit a country ride on horseback
5. a drudge
6. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a person who produces mediocre literary or journalistic work
7. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Also called hackney US a coach or carriage that is for hire
8. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Also called hackie US informal
a. a cab driver
b. a taxi
vb
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to let (a horse) out for hire
3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (tr) Informal to write (an article) as or in the manner of a hack
4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (intr) US informal to drive a taxi
adj
(prenominal) banal, mediocre, or unoriginal hack writing
[short for hackney]
hack3
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a rack used for fodder for livestock
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) a board on which meat is placed for a hawk
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry
vb (tr)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to place (fodder) in a hack
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to place (bricks) in a hack
[variant of hatch2]
Hack of smokers—Lipton, 1970.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | hack - one who works hard at boring tasks unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training |
| 2. |  hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends | |
| 3. | hack - a mediocre and disdained writer Grub Street - the world of literary hacks | |
| 4. | hack - a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
| 5. |  hack - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for moneyauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" gypsy cab - a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls minicab - a minicar used as a taxicab fleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership | |
| 6. |  hack - an old or over-worked horse Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | |
| 7. | hack - a horse kept for hire Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times | |
| 8. | hack - a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | |
| Verb | 1. | hack - cut with a hacking tool cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. | hack - be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" | |
| 3. | hack - cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 4. | hack - kick on the arms basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop foul - commit a foul; break the rules | |
| 5. | hack - kick on the shins foul - commit a foul; break the rules | |
| 6. | hack - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" | |
| 7. | hack - significantly cut up a manuscript | |
| 8. |  hack - cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"cough - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day" |
hack1
verb
1. (sometimes with away) cut, chop, slash, mutilate, mangle, gash, hew, lacerate He desperately hacked through the undergrowth. Some were hacked to death with machetes.
noun
hack2
noun
1. reporter, writer, correspondent, journalist, scribbler, contributor, hackette (derogatory), literary hack, penny-a-liner, Grub Street writer tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims
adjective
unoriginal, pedestrian, mediocre, poor, tired, stereotyped, banal, undistinguished, uninspired ill-paid lectureships and hack writing
Translations
hack1 [hæk]
hack2 [hæk]
B. VT
1. (= cut) → cortar
to hack one's way through sth → abrirse paso por algo a machetazos
to hack sth to pieces → hacer algo pedazos(a hachazos)
to hack one's way through sth → abrirse paso por algo a machetazos
to hack sth to pieces → hacer algo pedazos(a hachazos)
2. I can't hack it (US) → no puedo hacerlo
C. VI
1. (= cut) → dar tajos (at a) he was hacking at a loaf of bread → estaba dándole tajos a una hogaza de pan
hack2 [hæk]
A. N
1. (= old horse) → jamelgo m, rocín m; (= hired horse) → caballo m de alquiler
2. (= writer) → escritorzuelo/a m/f, plumífero/a m/f; (= journalist) → gacetillero/a m/f
3. (US) (= taxi) → taxi m
B. VI to go hacking → montar a caballo
hack [ˈhæk]
vt
(= cut, chop) [+ bushes, undergrowth] → tailler dans; [+ wood] → couper
to hack at sth, to hack away at sth → tailler dans qch
to hack a path through the jungle → se tailler un chemin à travers la jungle
to hack sb to death (with an axe) → massacrer qn à coups de hache
to hack sb to death with a machete → tuer qn à coups de machette
to hack sb/sth to pieces → tailler qn/qch en pièces, mettre qn/qch en pièces
to hack at sth, to hack away at sth → tailler dans qch
to hack a path through the jungle → se tailler un chemin à travers la jungle
to hack sb to death (with an axe) → massacrer qn à coups de hache
to hack sb to death with a machete → tuer qn à coups de machette
to hack sb/sth to pieces → tailler qn/qch en pièces, mettre qn/qch en pièces
n
(= cut) → entaille f
(= blow) → coup m
(pejorative) (= writer) → écrivaillon m
(pejorative) (= politician) → politicard(e) m/f
a political hack → un(e) politicard(e)
the party hacks → les militants du parti
a political hack → un(e) politicard(e)
the party hacks → les militants du parti
(= old horse) → canasson m
modif
(pejorative) hack writer → écrivaillon m
hack attack (on computer system) → piratage m
hack down
vt sep [+ tree] → abattrehack into
vt fus [+ computer system, network] → s'introduire danshack off
vt sep (= annoy) [+ person] → mettre hors de soi >
His attitude really hacks me off → Son attitude me met hors de moi.
see also hacked off
hacked off adj (= annoyed) → furax inv >
to be hacked off with sb → en avoir ras le bol > de qn
His attitude really hacks me off → Son attitude me met hors de moi.
see also hacked off
hacked off adj (= annoyed) → furax inv >
to be hacked off with sb → en avoir ras le bol > de qn
hack:
hack1
hack2
hack pack
n (pej) → Journalistenzunft f
hacksaw
n → Metallsäge f
hackwork
hack1
n
(= cut) → (Ein)schnitt m, → Kerbe f; (= action) → Hieb m; to take a hack at something → mit der Axt etc auf etw (acc) → schlagen; (in rage) → auf etw (acc) → einhacken
vt
(= cut) → schlagen, hacken; don’t hack your meat, cut it → du musst das Fleisch nicht hacken, sondern schneiden; to hack somebody/something to pieces (lit) → jdn/etw zerstückeln; (fig) → jdn/etw zerfetzen; he was brutally hacked to death → er ist brutal (mit einem Beil etc) erschlagen worden; to hack one’s way out → sich einen Weg frei schlagen; to hack one’s way through (something) → sich (dat) → einen Weg (durch etw) schlagen, sich (durch etw) durchhauen
vi
(= chop) → hacken; he hacked (away) at the branch → er schlug auf den Ast; don’t hack at it → hack nicht daran herum
hack2
n
(pej: = literary hack) → Schreiberling m; the newspaper hacks → die Zeitungsschreiber pl; paid hack → Lohn- or Soldschreiber(in) m(f)
(US: = taxi) → Taxi nt
hack1 [hæk]
hack1 [hæk]
hack2 [hæk]
hack2 [hæk]
2. vt
a. (cut) → tagliare
to hack one's way through → aprirsi un varco (a colpi d'ascia ) tra
to hack sth to pieces → tagliare a pezzi qc
to hack one's way through → aprirsi un varco (a colpi d'ascia ) tra
to hack sth to pieces → tagliare a pezzi qc
b. to hack into (Comput) (program, system) → inserirsi illegalmente in
hack about vt + adv → tagliare
my book's been hacked about terribly by the editor → il mio libro è stato tagliato senza pietà dal redattore
my book's been hacked about terribly by the editor → il mio libro è stato tagliato senza pietà dal redattore
hack down vt + adv (tree) → abbattere (a colpi d'ascia )
hack1 [hæk]
2. vt
a. (cut) → tagliare
to hack one's way through → aprirsi un varco (a colpi d'ascia ) tra
to hack sth to pieces → tagliare a pezzi qc
to hack one's way through → aprirsi un varco (a colpi d'ascia ) tra
to hack sth to pieces → tagliare a pezzi qc
b. to hack into (Comput) (program, system) → inserirsi illegalmente in
hack about vt + adv → tagliare
my book's been hacked about terribly by the editor → il mio libro è stato tagliato senza pietà dal redattore
my book's been hacked about terribly by the editor → il mio libro è stato tagliato senza pietà dal redattore
hack down vt + adv (tree) → abbattere (a colpi d'ascia )
hack2 [hæk]
1. n
a. (old horse) → ronzino; (ride) → passeggiata a cavallo
2. vi to go hacking → (andare a) fare una passeggiata a cavallo
hack2 [hæk]
1. n
a. (old horse) → ronzino; (ride) → passeggiata a cavallo
2. vi to go hacking → (andare a) fare una passeggiata a cavallo
v hack [hӕk]
1 to cut or chop up roughly The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces. kap يَقْطَع، يَبْتُر насичам rozsekat hakke hacken πελεκώ, πετσοκόβω cortar, tajar (tükkideks) raiuma بریدن؛ ساطور زدن hakata hacher לְקַצֵץ בִּפרָאוּת टुकडे़ करना rasjeci, komadati vagdal, felvág memotong-motong höggva; sarga, hjakka tagliare たたき切る 난도질하다 kapoti sacirst; sakapāt lapah hakken hakke (løs på) rąbać, ciąć cortar a tăia; a ciopârţi разрубать rozsekať razsekati iseći hacka, skära สับ; เฉือน parçalamak 亂砍 рубати بوٹی بوٹی کر دینا chặt; đốn 乱砍
2 to cut (a path etc) roughly He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle. kap يَشُقُّ طريقه пробивам си (път) prosekat (si) skære hacken ανοίγω δρόμο με μαχαίρα abrirse paso a hachazos raiuma باز کردن raivata se tailler... à coups de לַחתוֹך घुड़सवारी करना prosijecati, zasjeci (utat) vág merambah höggva tagliare, aprirsi un varco 切り開く 마구 자르다 prakirsti, prakapoti izcirst (ceļu) menebas hakken hogge ut rąbać abrir a(-şi) croi (un drum/o cale) прорубать (дорогу) presekať (si) izsekati (si) prokrčiti hugga [] ตัด zorlukla kendine yol açmak 劈出 вирубати جھاڑ جھنکاڑ کو ہٹا کر راستہ نکالنا phát quang cây cối để lấy đường đi 辟出
n
1 a rough cut made in something He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk. keep قَطْع рязка zásek hak die Einkerbung πελέκημα, εγκοπή corte, tajo, machetazo (con machete), hachazo (hacha) sälk بریدگی؛ شکاف viilto entaille לַחתוֹך בְּגָסוּת काट zasjek, trag udarca bevágás bacokan skora tacca 刻み目 마구 자르기 rantas, užkarpa, įpjova iecirtums; robs tetakan hak, inkeping hakk, blink(merke), skår (na)cięcie corte crestătură зарубка zásek, zárez vsek usek hack, hugg, skåra การฟัน çentik, kertik 砍痕 зарубка چیرا nhát chặt 砍痕
2 a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire. huurperd; taxi حِصان наемен кон nájemný kůň; taxi udlejningshest; udlejningsbil das Mietpferd,-auto ενοικιαζόμενο άλογο ή αυτοκίνητο caballo de alquiler; (US) coche de alquiler üürihobune, takso اسب یا کالسکه یا تاکسی کرایه ای vuokraratsu, vuokra-auto cheval de selle; taxi סוּס, מְכוֹנִית לְהַשׂכָּרָה किराये का घोड़ा najmljeni konj, fijaker, taksi bérkocsi kuda, taksi leiguhestur; leigubíll cavallo; taxi 貸し馬 (車) 세놓은 말 nuomojamas arklys/automobilis zirgs; taksometrs kuda sewa gehuurd paard, gehuurde auto leiehest, leiebil koń/pojazd do wynajęcia pileca/carro cal de călărie; taxi наёмная лошадь; машина напрокат kôň na prenájom; taxík jezdni konj; taksi konj za iznajmljivanje ridhäst, uthyrningshäst, taxi ม้าให้เช่า kiralık at/araba 出租馬匹，(美國)出租汽車美國 найманий екіпаж سواری کا گھوڑا ngựa, xe ô tô cho thuê 出租马车，出租汽车（美国）
n hacker
1 a person who illegally gains access to information stored in other people's computers. kapper, kodebreker مُخْتَرِق الحواسيب хакер hacker hacker der Hacker αυτός που “σπάει” προγράμματα υπολογιστών pirata informático kräkker دزد کامپیوتری hakkeri pirate informatique פּוֹרֵץ מַחשֵׁבִים गैरकानूनी रूप से अन्य लोगों के कंप्यूटरों में संग्रहीत जानकारी तक पहुंच हासिल करने वाला haker, osoba koja nastoji prodrijeti u zatvoreni kompjuterski sustav számítógépkalóz penyusup hacker, pirata informatico 他人のコンピューターシステムに不法に侵入する人 해커, 컴퓨터 침해자 kompiuterių piratas hakeris penggodam hacker, computerkraker datasnok(er) haker хэкер počítačový pirát heker haker hacker, hackare ผู้เจาะระบบเครือข่ายคอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayar korsanı 電腦駭客 хакер, комп'ютерний зломник کمپیوٹر می محفوظ معلومات تک ناواجب طور سے رسائی حاصل کرنے والا kẻ xâm nhập máy tính bất hợp pháp 电脑黑客
2 a computer enthusiast. rekenaarfoendie, rekenaargoëlaar هاوي حاسوب компютърен ентусиаст počítačový fanoušek nørd der Computer-freak λάτρης ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών maniático de la informática häkker کامپیوتر دوست tietokoneharrastaja fan d'informatique חוֹבֵב מַחשֵׁבִים कंप्यूटर को लेकर उत्साही kompjuterski entuzijast (fanatik) hekker penggemar komputer ákafur áhugamaður (appassionato d'informatica) コンピュターおたく 컴퓨터 심취자 kompiuterių aistruolis/fanatikas datorfans penggemar komputer enthousiasteling datafrik zapaleniec entusiasta entuziast компьютерный фанат počítačový fanatik računalniški entuziast računarski fanatik hacker, hackare, datanörd ผู้ทำงานอย่างหามรุ่งหามค่ำ (ทางคอมพิวเตอร์) bilgisayar tutkunu 電腦玩家 комп'ютерний експерт کمپیوٹر کا ماہر người say mê máy tính 电脑玩家
adj hacking
(of a cough) rough and dry He has had a hacking cough for weeks. droë hoes جاف وقاسٍ раздираш suchý gøende trockener Husten, stoßweise ξερός seco, áspero raiuv خشک و سخت kuiva (toux) sèche לְהִשתַעֵל שִׁיעוּל יָבֵש सूखा और खुरदुरा suh, trajan (kašalj) erős, száraz (köhögés) kering harður og þurr secco からせきの 마른 sausas (par klepu) sauss; rejošs batuk kering droge hoest tørr (hoste), gneldrende suchy seco (d. tuse) seacă отрывистый и сухой suchý suh (kašelj) suv hackande ไอ kuru 短促乾咳的 сухий خشک khan (ho) 短促干咳的
n hacksaw
a saw for cutting metals. ystersaag مِنْشار معادِن ножовка pilka na kov nedstryger die Metallsäge σιδεροπρίονο sierra para metales rauasaag اره آهن بر metallisaha scie à métaux מַסוֹר מַתֶכֶת धातु काटने की आरी pila za metal fémfűrész gergaji besi járnsög seghetto 弓のこ (금속을 절단하는) 활톱 metalo pjūklas metālzāģis gergaji besi ijzerzaag baufil, metallsag piła serra bomfaier ножовка pílka na kov kovinska žaga ručna testera bågfil เลื่อยตัดโลหะ demir testeresi 鋼鋸 ножівка دھات کاٹنے کی آری cưa kim loại 钢锯
hack → يَتَسلل rozsekat hakke zerhacken πελεκώ piratear silpoa tailler sjeći fare pirateria informatica たたき切る 마구 자르다 hacken hacke porąbać talhar рубить hacka ฟัน doğramak chặt mạnh 砍
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