hack
hack
hÃĻk
hāk
/hˈÃĻk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hack"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(computing) to illegally access a computer system, network, or online account in order to find, use, or change the information it contains
Transitive: to hack a computer system or account | to hack into a computer system or account
to hack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hacking a social media profile is a violation of privacy and can lead to serious legal consequences.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧋āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to forcefully cut through something using rough movements
Transitive: to hack sth | to hack at sth
to hack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener hacked at the overgrown bushes to restore order to the garden.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āĻ°į§Šåē āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§‹āĻĒ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϞāĨ¤
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āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to ride a horse for sport
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive
to hack definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The equestrian club organized a group outing to hack along the scenic trails.
āχāϕ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒ āφāωāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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to deliberately strike or make forceful contact with another player's arm in a sporting context

Transitive: to hack an opponent or their arm
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hacking the arm of a competitor is considered unsportsmanlike behavior.
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āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāωāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in sports) to kick an opponent on the shins
Transitive: to hack an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the heat of the moment, the defender hacked the striker, resulting in a penalty kick for the opposing team.
āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āύāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻž

to form or create by cutting or chopping something
Transitive: to hack sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers hacked a path through the overgrown trail to make it accessible for others.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĨ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϰ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cough harshly with a repetitive or spasmodic sound
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After inhaling the dust, he began to hack and wheeze.
āϧ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to haphazardly reduce or cut down a piece of content
Transitive: to hack a piece of content
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The editor decided to hack the journalist's article, removing essential details and distorting the overall message.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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a writer or journalist regarded as mediocre or lacking originality

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt the article was written by a hack.
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a horse used for general riding or transportation rather than for competition or sport

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rode his hack along the country roads.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ•, āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

an adjustment of the codes of a computer program that solves a problem in a quick way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We used a simple hack to make the software run faster on older computers.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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a horse available for hire

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Travelers relied on hacks at the old coaching inns.
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an old or heavily used horse, often kept despite declining condition

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They rescued a hack that had seen too many hard seasons.
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a car operated for hire to transport passengers

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Old downtown hacks still ran late into the night.
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a tool such as a hoe, pick, or mattock used to break up soil

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener grabbed a hack to loosen the earth.
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āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽā§€, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϝ⧇ āύ⧀āϰāϏ

someone who works hard on dull, repetitive tasks
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was tired of being treated like a hack, working long hours on monotonous data entry.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a comedian who depends on clichÊd, overused material, producing predictable or uninspired jokes

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Critics called him a hack for recycling old punchlines.
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a politician tied to a small faction that controls a party for private gain rather than public interest

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee was stacked with party hacks.
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āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ•

a simple or clever technique or method that makes a task easier or more efficient
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There are many life hacks that can save time and effort.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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