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hacking

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hack 1  (hk)
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.]

hacka·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.
1. By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing: hack prose.
2. Hackneyed; banal.
Phrasal Verb:
hack out Informal
To produce (written material, for example), especially hastily or routinely: hacked out a weekly column.

[Short for hackney.]

hacking [ˈhækɪŋ]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) (of a cough) harsh, dry, and spasmodic
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
hacking
adjective rasping, barking, wheezing The quiet was broken by a hacking cough.
Translations
hacking1 [ˈhækɪŋ] ADJ [cough] → seco
hacking2 [ˈhækɪŋ] N (Comput) → piratería f informática
hacking [ˈhækɪŋ]
n
(= illegal accessing of computer system) → piratage m
(on horseback)randonnée f équestre
adj [cough] → sec*(sèche)
hacking jacket (mainly British) nveste f d'équitation
hacking
adj hacking coughtrockener Husten
n (Comput) → Hacken nt
hacking [ˈhækɪŋ] adj a hacking coughuna brutta tosse
hacking [ˈhækɪŋ] adj a hacking coughuna brutta tosse


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Most of the prisoners were already hacking at their bonds with the swords in their hands.
There were fully a dozen cane- knives--big hacking weapons with razor-edges, capable of decapitating a man at a stroke.
Delicate Cousin Annetta standing at the dresser, with a big loaf of bread beside her and a big platterful of cold, boiled pork in front of her; and Annetta was hacking off great chunks, like Dan there, and gobbling them down as if she was starving.
 
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