Hack Meaning and Definition

Word: Hack

How to pronounce: hæk

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Example sentences: "Hack off the dead branches"

2. Use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.

Example sentences: "They hacked into the bank's computer"

3. Manage; cope.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Example sentences: "He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him"

2. An act of computer hacking.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work.

Example sentences: "A bunch of Hollywood hacks rewrite it five times"

2. A horse for ordinary riding.

Example sentences: "A Munnings horse on the other hand has a lot of the stable about it - a lot of knowledge, no doubt, and a lot to attract others who know their hacks, hunters and ponies."

3. A taxicab.

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.

Example sentences: "The two riders hacked along the trail through the woods"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A board on which a hawk's meat is laid.

2. A wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc.

Synonyms:

crack

lash

bang

chop

cut

notch

kerf

nick

kick in

crack open

smash

pick

cope

get

taxi

bust

nag

jade

hackney

Derivations:

hacker

hacking

hacked

hackery

Hack in Other Languages...

Spanish: Hackear

German: Hacken

French: Hack

Italian: Hack

Turkish: Kesmek