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hack 1
(hăk)v. hacked, hack·ing, hacks
v.tr.
1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows: hacked down the saplings.
2. To make or shape by hitting or chopping with a sharp implement: hacked a trail through the forest.
3. To break up the surface of (soil).
4.
a. 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.
5. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking: hacked millions off the budget.
6. Slang To cope with successfully; manage: couldn't hack a second job.
v.intr.
1. To chop or cut something by hacking.
2.
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. An attempt to hit a baseball; a swing of the bat.
5.
a. An instance of gaining unauthorized access to a computer file or network.
b. A program that makes use of existing often proprietary software, adding new features to it.
c. A clever modification or improvement.
6. 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
(hăk)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.]
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hack
(hæk)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. (Rugby) (in sport, esp rugby) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking or striking his shins
4. (Basketball) basketball to commit the foul of striking (an opposing player) on the arm
5. (Pathology) (intr) to cough in short dry spasmodic bursts
6. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to reduce or cut (a story, article, etc) in a damaging way
7. (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.
9. hack to bits to damage severely: his reputation was hacked to bits.
n
10. a cut, chop, notch, or gash, esp as made by a knife or axe
11. (Agriculture) any tool used for shallow digging, such as a mattock or pick
12. a chopping blow
13. (Pathology) a dry spasmodic cough
14. (Rugby) a kick on the shins, as in rugby
15. a wound from a sharp kick
[Old English haccian; related to Old Frisian hackia, Middle High German hacken]
hack
(hæk)n
1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving
2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an old, ill-bred, or overworked horse
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse kept for hire
4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit a country ride on horseback
5. a drudge
6. (Journalism & Publishing) a person who produces mediocre literary or journalistic work
7. (Automotive Engineering) Also called: hackney US a coach or carriage that is for hire
8. (Automotive Engineering) informal
a. a cab driver
b. a taxi
vb
9. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Brit to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure
10. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to let (a horse) out for hire
11. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) informal to write (an article) as or in the manner of a hack
12. (Automotive Engineering) (intr) informal US to drive a taxi
adj
(prenominal) banal, mediocre, or unoriginal: hack writing.
[C17: short for hackney]
hack
(hæk)n
1. (Agriculture) a rack used for fodder for livestock
2. (Falconry) a board on which meat is placed for a hawk
3. (Building) a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry
vb (tr)
4. (Agriculture) to place (fodder) in a hack
5. (Building) to place (bricks) in a hack
[C16: variant of hatch2]
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hack1
(hæk)v.t.
1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever with irregular, often heavy blows (often fol. by up or down): to hack down trees.
2. to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, or other growth.
3. to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment, as a piece of writing.
4. to reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim: to hack a budget severely.
5. Slang. to deal or cope with; handle; tolerate: I can't hack all this commuting.
v.i. 6. to make rough cuts or notches.
7. to cough harshly, usu. in short and repeated spasms.
n. 8. a cut, gash, or notch.
9. a tool for hacking, as an ax or pick.
10. an act or instance of hacking; a cutting blow.
11. a short, rasping dry cough.
Idioms: hack it, Slang. to cope successfully with something.
[1150–1200; Middle English hacken; compare Old English tōhaccian to hack to pieces, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Middle High German hacken]
hack2
(hæk)n.
1. a person, esp. a professional, who surrenders individual independence, integrity, belief, etc., in return for money or other reward: a political hack.
2. a writer whose services are for hire.
3. a person who produces banal or mediocre work or who works at a dull or routine task.
4. a horse kept for common hire or adapted for general work, esp. ordinary riding.
5. a saddle horse.
6. an old or worn-out horse; jade.
7. a coach or carriage kept for hire; hackney.
8.
v.t. a. a taxicab.
b. a cabdriver.
9. to make a hack of; let out for hire.
10. to make trite or stale by frequent use; hackney.
v.i. 11. to drive a taxi.
12. to ride or drive on the road at an ordinary pace.
adj. 13. hired as a hack; of a hired sort: a hack writer; hack work.
14. hackneyed; trite; banal: hack writing.
[1680–90; short for hackney]
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Hack
of smokers—Lipton, 1970.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
hack
Past participle: hacked
Gerund: hacking
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Hack
1. A horse kept for hire.
2. A carriage for hire. When automobiles began to be available for hire, the term “hack” was carried over to what is now called a taxi.
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| 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" |
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hack
1verb
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.
be hacked off (Informal) be annoyed, be fed up, be irked (by), be scunnered (Scot.) She was jealous, hacked off with the producer, but mostly with herself.
hack it (Informal) cope, manage, handle it, survive, get along, get by he couldn't hack it as a solo performer
hack
2noun
1. reporter, writer, correspondent, journalist, scribbler, contributor, hackette (derogatory), literary hack, penny-a-liner, Grub Street writer tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims
2. yes-man, lackey, toady, flunky, brown-noser (taboo slang) party hacks from the old days still hold influential jobs
adjective
1. unoriginal, pedestrian, mediocre, poor, tired, stereotyped, banal, undistinguished, uninspired ill-paid lectureships and hack writing
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Translations
حِصانقَطْعيَشُقُّ طريقهيُقَطِّعيَقْطَع، يَبْتُر
rozsekattaxizáseknájemný kůňprosekat
hakkeskæreudlejningsbiludlejningshesthak
footbaghakkeroidahakkerointiyrityshakkukaakki
sjeći
vagdal
höggvahöggva; sarga, hjakkaleiguhestur; leigubíllskora
たたき切る
마구 자르다
kompiuterių aistruolis/fanatikaskompiuterių piratasmetalo pjūklasnuomojamas arklysnuomojamas automobilis
iecirtumsizcirstrobssacirstsakapāt
kôň na prenájompresekaťzásek
hacka
ฟัน
chặt mạnh
hack
1 [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
hack
2 [hæk]A. N
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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 offhacked 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 offhacked off adj (= annoyed) → furax inv
to be hacked off with sb → en avoir ras le bol de qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hack
:hack pack
n (pej) → Journalistenzunft f
hacksaw
n → Metallsäge f
hackwork
hack
1n
(= 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
hack
2n
(pej: = literary hack) → Schreiberling m; the newspaper hacks → die Zeitungsschreiber pl; paid hack → Lohn- or Soldschreiber(in) m(f)
(US: = taxi) → Taxi nt
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hack
1 [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 )
hack
2 [hæk]1. n
a. (old horse) → ronzino; (ride) → passeggiata a cavallo
2. vi to go hacking → (andare a) fare una passeggiata a cavallo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hack
(hӕk) verb1. to cut or chop up roughly. The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.
2. to cut (a path etc) roughly. He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.
noun1. a rough cut made in something. He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.
2. a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.
ˈhacker noun1. a person who illegally gains access to information stored in other people's computers.
2. a computer enthusiast.
ˈhacking adjective (of a cough) rough and dry. He has had a hacking cough for weeks.
ˈhacksaw noun a saw for cutting metals.
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Hack
→ يُقَطِّع rozsekat hakke zerhacken πελεκώ piratear silpoa tailler sjeći fare pirateria informatica たたき切る 마구 자르다 hakken hacke porąbać talhar рубить hacka ฟัน doğramak chặt mạnh 砍Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009