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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.

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[Middle English hakken, from Old English -haccian; see keg- in Indo-European roots. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from hacker.]

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hacka·ble adj.

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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.

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[Short for hackney.]

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hack ¹

Verb

1. to chop roughly or violently

2. to cut and clear (a way) through undergrowth

3. (in sport) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking his or her shins

4. Brit & NZ informal to tolerate

Noun

1. a cut or gash

2. a tool, such as a pick

3. a chopping blow

4. a kick on the shins, such as in rugby [Old English haccian]

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hack ²

Noun

1. a writer or journalist who produces work fast and on a regular basis

2. a horse kept for riding, often one for hire

3. Brit a country ride on horseback

Verb

Brit to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure

Adjective

unoriginal or of a low standard: clumsily contrived hack verse [short for hackney]

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Hack of smokers—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hack - one who works hard at boring tasks drudge, hacker unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training plodder, slogger - someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
	2.	hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
	3.	hack - a mediocre and disdained writer hack writer, literary hack Grub Street - the world of literary hacks author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	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 money taxi, taxicab, cab auto, 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           nag, jade, plug 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. mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
Verb	1.	hack - cut with a hacking tool chop ax, axe - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" 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" cut get by, grapple, make do, cope, manage, contend, deal, make out - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
	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 rugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ball 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" hack on programme, program - write a computer program
	7.	hack - significantly cut up a manuscript cut up edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
	8.	hack - cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" whoop cough - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"

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hack ¹

verb 1. cut, chop, slash, mutilate, mangle, mangulate Austral. (slang) gash, hew, lacerate

verb 2. (Informal) cough, bark, wheeze, rasp

noun 3. (Informal) cough, bark, wheeze, rasp

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hack ²

noun 1. reporter, writer, correspondent, journalist, scribbler, contributor, literary hack, penny-a-liner, Grub Street writer

noun 2. yes-man, lackey, toady, flunky

adjective 3. unoriginal, pedestrian, mediocre, poor, tired, stereotyped, banal, undistinguished, uninspired

Translations

hack [hæk] vt (= cut) → cortar (= slice); tajar

n → corte m (= axe blow); hachazo;

(pej) (= writer); escritor(a) m/f a sueldo (= old horse); jamelgo

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hack [hæk] vt → hacher, tailler

n (= cut) → entaille f (= blow); coup m;

(pej) (= writer); nègre m (= old horse); canasson m

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hack [hæk] vt, vi (also Comput) → hacken

n (pej) (writer) → Schreiberling m;

(horse) → Mietpferd nt

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hack [hæk] vt → tagliare, fare a pezzi

n (= cut) → taglio (= blow); colpo (= old horse); ronzino;

(pej) (writer) → negro

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hack

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 palasiksi hacher לְקַצֵץ בִּפרָאוּת टुकडे़ करना rasjeci, komadati vagdal, felvág memotong-motong höggva; sarga, hjakka tagliare たたき切る 마구 자르다; ...을 자르다 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 (덤불 따위를 잘라 없애고) 길을 내다 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 辟出 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 viillos 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 vuokrahevonen, taksi 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) 전세 마차 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 出租馬車，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 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 (컴퓨터의 정보) 침입자 kompiuterių piratas hakeris penggodam hacker, computerkraker datasnok(er) haker хэкер počítačový pirát heker haker hacker, hackare ผู้เจาะระบบเครือข่ายคอมพิวเตอร์ bilgisayar korsanı 電腦黑客 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 de la maniático informática häkker کامپیوتر دوست intoilija 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 컴퓨터광, 해커 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 hakkaava (toux) sèche לְהִשתַעֵל שִׁיעוּל יָבֵש सूखा और खुरदुरा suh, trajan (kašalj) erős, száraz (köhögés) kering harður og þurr secco からせきの (기침이) 짧고 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 短促干咳的 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 rautasaha scie à métaux מַסוֹר מַתֶכֶת धातु काटने की आरी pila za metal fémfűrész gergaji besi járnsög seghetto 弓のこ 쇠톱 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