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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.
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.
[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.
a. a taxicab.
b. a cabdriver.
v.t.
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.
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hack


Past participle: hacked
Gerund: hacking

Imperative
hack
hack
Present
I hack
you hack
he/she/it hacks
we hack
you hack
they hack
Preterite
I hacked
you hacked
he/she/it hacked
we hacked
you hacked
they hacked
Present Continuous
I am hacking
you are hacking
he/she/it is hacking
we are hacking
you are hacking
they are hacking
Present Perfect
I have hacked
you have hacked
he/she/it has hacked
we have hacked
you have hacked
they have hacked
Past Continuous
I was hacking
you were hacking
he/she/it was hacking
we were hacking
you were hacking
they were hacking
Past Perfect
I had hacked
you had hacked
he/she/it had hacked
we had hacked
you had hacked
they had hacked
Future
I will hack
you will hack
he/she/it will hack
we will hack
you will hack
they will hack
Future Perfect
I will have hacked
you will have hacked
he/she/it will have hacked
we will have hacked
you will have hacked
they will have hacked
Future Continuous
I will be hacking
you will be hacking
he/she/it will be hacking
we will be hacking
you will be hacking
they will be hacking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hacking
you have been hacking
he/she/it has been hacking
we have been hacking
you have been hacking
they have been hacking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hacking
you will have been hacking
he/she/it will have been hacking
we will have been hacking
you will have been hacking
they will have been hacking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hacking
you had been hacking
he/she/it had been hacking
we had been hacking
you had been hacking
they had been hacking
Conditional
I would hack
you would hack
he/she/it would hack
we would hack
you would hack
they would hack
Past Conditional
I would have hacked
you would have hacked
he/she/it would have hacked
we would have hacked
you would have hacked
they would have hacked
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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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 endshack - 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 moneyhack - 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 horsehack - 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
Verb1.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 spasmodicallyhack - 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. (sometimes with away) cut, chop, slash, mutilate, mangle, gash, hew, lacerate He desperately hacked through the undergrowth. Some were hacked to death with machetes.
2. (Informal) stand, take, bear, handle, cope with, stomach, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with (informal) I can't hack all the violence
3. (Informal) cough, bark, wheeze, rasp the patients splutter and hack
noun
1. (Informal) cough, bark, wheeze, rasp smoker's hack
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 something off cut off, chop off, lop off a man's arm was hacked off at the elbow

hack

2
noun
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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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
çentikdoğramakkertikkiralık at/arabaparçalamak
chặt mạnh

hack

1 [hæk]
A. N (= cut) → corte m, tajo m; (= blow) (with axe) → hachazo m; (with machete) → machetazo m
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)
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
2. (Comput) to hack into a system → piratear un sistema, conseguir entrar en un sistema
hack around VI + ADV (US) → gandulear, vaguear
hack down VT + ADV [+ tree etc] → derribar a hachazos

hack

2 [hæk]
A. N
1. (= old horse) → jamelgo m, rocín m; (= hired horse) → caballo m de alquiler
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
C. CPD hack reporter N → reportero/a m/f de poca monta
hack writer N = hack 2 A2
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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 it
He can't hack it → Il est largué.
to hack it as sth
He can't hack it as a singer → Il ne fait pas le poids comme chanteur.
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
(= old horse) → canasson m
modif
(pejorative) hack writer → écrivaillon m
hack attack (on computer system) → piratage m
hack down
vt sep [+ tree] → abattre
hack into
vt fus [+ computer system, network] → s'introduire dans
hack off
vt sep
(= chop off) [+ limb] → amputer; [+ hair] → couper
(= 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
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hack

:
hack pack
n (pej) → Journalistenzunft f
hacksaw
n → Metallsäge f
hackwork
n (= trivial writing) → Schmiererei f (inf); (= mindless editing) → Routinearbeit f

hack

1
n
(= 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
(= kick) → Tritt m; he had a hack at his opponent’s ankle → er versetzte seinem Gegner einen Tritt gegen den Knöchel
(= cough) → trockener Husten
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
(Sport) ball → treten gegen, einen Tritt versetzen (+dat); to hack somebody on the shin → jdn vors or gegen das Schienbein treten
(inf: = cope) to hack it → es bringen (sl)
vi
(= chop) → hacken; he hacked (away) at the branch → er schlug auf den Ast; don’t hack at it → hack nicht daran herum
(= cough) → trocken husten
(Sport) he was booked for hacking → er wurde wegen Holzerei verwarnt
(Comput) → hacken; to hack into the system → in das System eindringen

hack

2
n
(= hired horse) → Mietpferd nt; (= ride) → Ritt m
(pej: = literary hack) → Schreiberling m; the newspaper hacks → die Zeitungsschreiber pl; paid hack → Lohn- or Soldschreiber(in) m(f)
(pej inf) (party) hack → (Partei)heini m (inf) → or -typ m (inf)
(US: = taxi) → Taxi nt
adj attr (pej) writing → stumpfsinnig; hack writer → Schreiberling m
vi → einen Spazierritt machen; to go hacking → ausreiten
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hack

1 [hæk]
1. n (of sword, axe) → colpo; (of sabre) → fendente m
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
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
hack down vt + adv (tree) → abbattere (a colpi d'ascia )

hack

2 [hæk]
1. n
a. (old horse) → ronzino; (ride) → passeggiata a cavallo
b. (pej) (writer) → scribacchino/a
to do hack writing → fare lo scribacchino/a
2. vi to go hacking → (andare a) fare una passeggiata a cavallo
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hack

(hӕk) verb
1. to cut or chop up roughly. The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.cortar, tajar
2. to cut (a path etc) roughly. He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle. abrirse paso a hachazos
noun
1. a rough cut made in something. He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.corte, tajo, machetazo, hachazo
2. a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire. caballo de alquiler; coche de alquiler
ˈhacker noun
1. a person who illegally gains access to information stored in other people's computers. pirata informático
2. a computer enthusiast. maniático de la informática
ˈhacking adjective
(of a cough) rough and dry. He has had a hacking cough for weeks.seco, áspero
ˈhacksaw noun
a saw for cutting metals. sierra para metales
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Hack

→ piratear
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In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing.
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But in spite of all the murderer's horror before the body of his victim, he must hack it to pieces, hide the body, must use what he has gained by his murder.
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You ask the portier at what hours the trains leave--he tells you instantly; or you ask him who is the best physician in town; or what is the hack tariff; or how many children the mayor has; or what days the galleries are open, and whether a permit is required, and where you are to get it, and what you must pay for it; or when the theaters open and close, what the plays are to be, and the price of seats; or what is the newest thing in hats; or how the bills of mortality average; or "who struck Billy Patterson." It does not matter what you ask him: in nine cases out of ten he knows, and in the tenth case he will find out for you before you can turn around three times.
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I jumped into a hack and went about my business, and it was in this hack--this immortal, historical hack--that the curious thing I speak of occurred.
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He had the chain in his right claw and the shoes in his left, and he flew right away to a mill, and the mill went 'Click clack, click clack, click clack.' Inside the mill were twenty of the miller's men hewing a stone, and as they went 'Hick hack, hick hack, hick hack,' the mill went 'Click clack, click clack, click clack.'
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They had apparently caught the creature asleep in the sun and desisted long enough from their flight to hack him to pieces.
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The literary spirit was all-pervasive, and the authors were men (not yet women) of almost every class, from distinguished courtiers, like Ralegh and Sidney, to the company of hack writers, who starved in garrets and hung about the outskirts of the bustling taverns.
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A hack now drove to the door, and the friendly family who had received the fugitives crowded around them with farewell greetings.
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And stop: look out and get that hack o' Dunsey's sold, and hand me the money, will you?
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It was on a gray afternoon in the lull of a three days' gale that had left the Southern Ocean tumbling heavily upon our ship, under a sky hung with rags of clouds that seemed to have been cut and hacked by the keen edge of a sou'-west gale.
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We stood before a grating and looked through into a room which was hung all about with the clothing of dead men; coarse blouses, water- soaked; the delicate garments of women and children; patrician vestments, hacked and stabbed and stained with red; a hat that was crushed and bloody.
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Hiding his canoe, still afloat, among these thickets, with its prow seaward, he sat down in the stern, paddle low in hand; and when the ship was gliding by, like a flash he darted out; gained her side; with one backward dash of his foot capsized and sank his canoe; climbed up the chains; and throwing himself at full length upon the deck, grappled a ringbolt there, and swore not to let it go, though hacked in pieces.
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