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Definitions and meaning of hack
hack
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hæk/
Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhacken, hakken, from Old Englishhaccian(“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic*hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic*hakkōną(“to chop; hoe; hew”), from Proto-Indo-European*keg-, *keng-(“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisianhäkje(“to hack”), West Frisianhakje(“to hack”), Dutchhakken(“to chop up; hack”), Germanhacken(“to chop; hack; hoe”), Danishhakke(“to chop”), Swedishhacka(“to hack; chop”), Frenchhacher(“to chop”).
The computer senses date back to at least 1955 when it initially referred to creative problem solving. By 1963, the negative connotations of “black hat” or malicious hacking had become associated with telephone hacking (cf. phreaking).
Verb
hack (third-person singular simple presenthacks, present participlehacking, simple past and past participlehacked)
(transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. [circa 12th c.]
(intransitive) To cough noisily. [19th c.]
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation. [20th c.]
(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
Synonyms:frob, tweak
(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
(computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
(transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
(transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
Synonym:crack
(transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
(intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
(ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
To strike in a frantic movement.
(transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish: jaquear
Translations
Noun
hack (countable and uncountable, pluralhacks)
A tool for chopping. [14th c.]
A hacking blow. [19th c.]
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
A dry cough.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
(figuratively) A try, an attempt. [19th c.]
(curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
(obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
(informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
(computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
(computing, slang, dated) A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
(computing, slang, dated) A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
(computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
(colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
(computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
(computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
(slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
Related terms: hack watch
(ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
A kick on the shins in football of any type.
(uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
(military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:hack.
(trick to increase productivity or efficiency): lifehack
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Variations of hatch, heck.
Noun
hack (pluralhacks)
(falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
A food-rack for cattle.
A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
A grating in a mill race.
Verb
hack (third-person singular simple presenthacks, present participlehacking, simple past and past participlehacked)
To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of hackney(“an ordinary horse”), probably from place name Hackney.
Noun
hack (pluralhacks)
A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired. [from 16th c.]
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. [from 17th c.]
(derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
(slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
(now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab. [from 17th c.]
A hearse.
1920s, Jimmie Rodgers, Frankie and Johnny
Bring out the rubber-tired buggie/Bring out the rubber-tired hack/I'm takin' my Johnny to the graveyard/But I ain't gonna bring him back
(derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
(derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
(derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
(politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
(UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
(obsolete) A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
(obsolete) A procuress.
Synonyms
(A saddle horse which is old and tired):nag
Coordinate terms
(worthless horse):bum
Derived terms
away in a hack
hack chaise
Translations
Verb
hack (third-person singular simple presenthacks, present participlehacking, simple past and past participlehacked)
(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
(equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
(obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
To drive a hackney cab.
Etymology 4
From hackysack.
Noun
hack (pluralhacks)
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
Translations
Verb
hack (third-person singular simple presenthacks, present participlehacking, simple past and past participlehacked)
To play hackeysack.
Translations
Further reading
hack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“hack”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“hack”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishhack.
Pronunciation
(Netherlands) IPA(key): /ɦɛk/
Hyphenation: hack
Rhymes: -ɛk
Homophone: hek
Noun
hackm (pluralhacks, diminutivehackjen)
hack(exploit; illegitimate attempt to gain access)