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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/hæk/
rhymes|æk

Verb
en-verb

1. To cough noisily.

#: This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.

1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

#: They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

1. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

#: Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

1. To play hackeysack.
2. To accomplish a difficult programming task.

#: He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

1. To work with on an intimately technical level.

#: I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

1. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program.

#: I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later..

1. sport To be effective at a certain position or role within a sports game without being particularly graceful or with class.

#: Their Defender is such a 'hack', but he gets the job done

1. slang To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a "crack" in computer parlance.

Derived terms
hack in
hack into
hack up
hackability
hacker

Translations
trans-top|to cough noisily
Dutch: kuchen
Finnish: köhiä
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trans-top|to chop or cut down in a rough manner
Dutch: hakken
Finnish: hakata#Finnish|hakata, hakata#Finnish|hakata maa#Finnish|maahan
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Interlingua: hachar
Volapük: cöpilön
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trans-top|to withstand or put up with a difficult situation
Finnish: selvitä, pärjätä
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trans-top|to play hackeysack
Finnish: pelata footbag|footbagia
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trans-top|to accomplish a difficult programming task
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trans-top|to work with on an intimately technical level
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trans-top|to make a quick code change to patch a computer program
Finnish: pätsätä (slang)
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trans-top|to be effective in a sports game without being particularly graceful
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trans-top|to gain illegal access to a computer network
Finnish: hakkeroida
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ttbc|Polish: hakowa�
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Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A mattock or a miner's pick.
2. A dry cough.
3. slang A taxicab (hackney carriage) driver.
4. obsolete An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.
5. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
6. pejorative One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
7. pejorative A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
8. pejorative An untalented writer.

#: Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack.

1. slang A person incapable of completing a simple task. This person could be also referred to as someone who "sucks at life" (slightly derogatory)
2. computing An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
3. context|computing|slang An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network. (Actually called a "crack" in computer parlance).
4. computing A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
5. computing An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
6. slang Time check (military usage).
7. curling The foothold device from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
8. rfv-sense slang A prison guard.
9. politics A political agitator. (slightly derogatory) <!-- This expression was used a lot in student politics in the 1980s. I'm not sure if it is still used much. publunch

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Related terms
marginal hacks

Translations
trans-top|miner's pick
Finnish: hakku
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trans-top|dry cough
Dutch: kuch m
Finnish: köhä
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trans-top|taxicab driver
Finnish: taksikuski
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Spanish: taxi
Volapük: cöpilod
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trans-top|ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one
Finnish: koni#Finnish|koni, kaakki
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trans-top|small ball for hackeysack
Finnish: t|fi|footbag
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Spanish: jaca
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trans-top|one who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work
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trans-top|talented writer-for-hire
Dutch: knol
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Interlingua: taxi
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trans-top|untalented writer
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trans-top|person incapable of completing a simple task
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trans-top|interesting technical achievement
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trans-top|illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network
Finnish; t|fi|hakkerointiyritys, t|fi|tietomurtoyritys
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trans-top|small code change
Finnish: pätsi
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trans-top|expedient, temporary solution
Finnish: pätsi
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trans-top|time check
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trans-top|foothold device in curling
Finnish: hakki
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trans-top|prison guard
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trans-top|political agitator
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Adjective
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1. literary Having or requiring little talent.

#: He's nothing but the typical hack writer.
#: I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.

See also
crack
frob
tweak
kludge
hack down

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