hack
/hæk/
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Definition
Noun:
- A horse for ordinary riding or driving: A horse used for general transportation or hire, often not of high breeding or quality.
- A worn-out or overworked horse: An old or tired horse.
- A taxicab or driver for hire: A car or driver whose job is to transport passengers for money.
- A tool for chopping or breaking soil: A tool, such as a mattock or hoe, used for breaking up the ground.
- A mediocre or uninspired writer: A writer who produces dull, routine, or commercial work, often for hire.
- A person who does routine, dull work: Someone who works hard at boring or tedious tasks.
- A politician controlled by a small group: A politician who is part of a small, controlling clique within a party, serving private rather than public interests.
Verb:
- To cut or chop roughly: To cut or chop with heavy, irregular blows.
- To manage or cope (often with difficulty): To be able to handle or endure a difficult situation.
- To cough in a short, dry manner: To make a short, dry, and often repeated cough.
- To gain unauthorized access to a computer system: To break into a computer system or network.
- To make rough cuts or changes: To make makeshift or piecemeal changes, especially to fix a computer program.
- To kick on the shins (in sports): To illegally kick an opponent on the shins.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- He hired a hack to take him to the village. (He hired a horse for the journey.)
- The old hack could barely pull the cart. (The worn-out horse was very weak.)
- I took a hack to the airport. (I took a taxi to the airport.)
- That journalist is just a hack, writing sensational stories. (That journalist is a mediocre writer.)
- He's just a party hack, never having an original idea. (He is a politician controlled by his party.)
Verb:
- They had to hack a path through the jungle. (They had to cut a rough path.)
- I don't think I can hack this job much longer. (I don't think I can endure this job.)
- The smoker would hack every morning. (The smoker would have a dry cough.)
- Hackers tried to hack the company's database. (They tried to gain unauthorized access.)
- I need to hack this code to make it work. (I need to make rough fixes to this program.)
Advanced Usage
"Hack it": To be able to cope with or succeed in a demanding situation.
- The training is tough, but I think I can hack it. (I think I can manage the difficult training.)
"Hack around": To spend time doing unimportant things, especially with computers, in an experimental way.
- He likes to hack around with old software. (He likes to experiment casually with old software.)
Variants and Related Words
Hacker (n): A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data; or, an enthusiastic and skillful programmer.
- A security hacker breached the system.
- She's a great hacker who builds useful apps.
Hacking (adj/n): Relating to or involving the act of hacking (computers or chopping).
- He was accused of hacking activities.
- The constant hacking of his cough was annoying.
Synonyms
- Chop (v): To cut something into pieces with repeated blows.
- Cope (v): To deal effectively with something difficult.
- Taxi (n): A car licensed to transport passengers for money.
- Drudge (n): A person made to do hard, menial, or dull work.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Hack into (something): To gain illegal access to a computer system.
- They hacked into the bank's mainframe.
Hack off (something): To remove something by chopping.
- He hacked off the dead branch.
Related Idioms
"Hack work": Routine, uninspired work done for money.
- He took on the hack work to pay the bills.
"Can't hack it": To be unable to cope with or succeed in a situation.
- If you can't hack the pressure, this isn't the job for you.
Noun
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- a horse kept for hire
- an old or over-worked horse
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- one who works hard at boring tasks
Verb
- cough spasmodically
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
- kick on the shins
- kick on the arms
- cut away
- he hacked his way through the forest
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- I can't hack it anymore
- she could not cut the long days in the office
- cut with a hacking tool