English- translations for hack
Definition of hack
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To cough noisily.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- 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
- To accomplish a difficult programming task
- To work with something on an intimately technical level
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to by manipulating code
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation
- To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick
- To swing at a pitched ball
- To kick on the shins
- To strike in a frantic movement
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage
- A tool for chopping.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow
- A dry cough
- A try, an attempt.
- A mattock or a miner's pickaxe. Concise Oxford Dictionary --
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network
- Time check
- A kick on the shins in football
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment
- 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 rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese
- To lay on a rack to dry
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A hearse
- An untalented writer
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field
- A political agitator. This expression was used a lot in student politics in the 1980s. I'm not sure if it is still used much. publunch--
- A procuress
- To make common or cliched; to vulgarise
- To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute
- To live the life of a drudge or hack
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack
- To play hackeysack
Examples
- They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle
- This cold is awful. I cant stop hacking
- Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
- I hacked in a fix for this bug, but well still have to do a real fix later
- He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected
- Im currently hacking distributed garbage collection
- I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life
- When I logged into the social network, I discovered Id been hacked
- Hes going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal
- Theres a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck
- He went to the batters box hacking
- Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack
- He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out
- I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel
- Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack
- Hes nothing but the typical hack writer
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