Definition of hacks in English

Wiktionary

hacks (Noun)
Plural of hack.

Part of speech

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hacks, verb, present, 3rd person singular of hack (infinitive).
hacks, noun, plural of hack.

WordNet

Noun Plural: hacks
hack - an old or over-worked horse
		jade, nag, plug
		equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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
hack - one who works hard at boring tasks
		drudge, hacker
		unskilled person a person who lacks technical training
hack - a mediocre and disdained writer
		hack writer, literary hack
		author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
hack - a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
hack - a horse kept for hire
hack - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
		cab, taxi, taxicab
		auto, automobile, motorcar, car, 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
hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
		machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack
Verb hacks, hacking, hacked
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
		program, programme arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"
hack - kick on the shins
		foul become soiled and dirty
		rugby, rugby football, rugger a form of football played with an oval ball
hack - kick on the arms
		foul become soiled and dirty
		basketball game, hoops, basketball 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
hack - cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
hack - 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"
hack - significantly cut up a manuscript
		cut up
		redact, edit 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"
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
		cope, make do, grapple, get by, contend, manage, make out, deal come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
hack - cut with a hacking tool
		chop
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
		chop down cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree"
		chop up, chop hit sharply
		chop off, lop off, cut off remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
		ax, axe terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

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Wiktionary

hack (Noun)
A tool for chopping.
hack (Noun)
A hacking blow.
hack (Noun)
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
hack (Noun)
A dry cough.
hack (Noun)
The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
hack (Noun)
A mattock or a miner's pick.
hack (Noun)
An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
hack (Noun)
An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming .
hack (Noun)
A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
hack (Noun)
An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
hack (Noun)
Time check.
hack (Noun)
A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
hack (Noun)
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.
hack (Noun)
A food-rack for cattle.
hack (Noun)
A rack used to dry bricks.
hack (Noun)
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. newspaper hack .
hack (Noun)
Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
hack (Noun)
A taxicab hackney cab driver.
hack (Noun)
An untalented writer.
hack (Noun)
One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work.
hack (Noun)
A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
hack (Noun)
A political agitator.
hack (Noun)
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.
hack (Verb)
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
hack (Verb)
To hack into ; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, e. g. , a website, or network by manipulating code; to crack.
hack (Verb)
By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to a person or organisation.
hack (Verb)
To accomplish a difficult programming task.
hack (Verb)
To make a quick code change to patch a computer program , often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.
hack (Verb)
To work on an intimately technical level.
hack (Verb)
To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick .
hack (Verb)
To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
hack (Verb)
To swing at a pitched ball.
hack (Verb)
To strike in a frantic movement.
hack (Verb)
To lay bricks on a rack to dry.
hack (Verb)
To keep young hawks in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
hack (Verb)
To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
hack (Verb)
To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road as opposed to riding cross-country etc..
hack (Verb)
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
hack (Verb)
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
hack (Verb)
To play hackeysack.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

hack (n.)
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
hack (n.)
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
hack (v. t.)
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
hack (v. t.)
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
hack (v. i.)
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
hack (n.)
A notch; a cut.
hack (n.)
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
hack (n.)
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
hack (n.)
A kick on the shins.
hack (n.)
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
hack (n.)
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
hack (n.)
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
hack (n.)
A procuress.
hack (a.)
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
hack (v. t.)
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
hack (v. t.)
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
hack (v. i.)
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
hack (v. i.)
To live the life of a drudge or hack.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

hack
To enter a program or other instructions into a computer (or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

hack
hak, v.t. to cut: to chop or mangle: to notch: to kick (another) at football.—n. a cut made by hacking: a kick on the shin.—n. Hack′ing, the operation of picking a worn grindstone, &c., with a hack-hammer.—adj. short and interrupted, as a broken, troublesome cough.—n. Hack′-log, a chopping-block. [A.S. haccian, in composition tó-haccian; cf. Dut. hakken, Ger. hacken.]
hack
hak, n. a horse kept for hire, esp. a poor one: any person overworked on hire: a literary drudge.—adj. hired, mercenary: used up.—v.t. to offer for hire: to use roughly.—n. Hack′-work, literary drudgery for which a person is hired by a publisher, as making dictionaries, &c. [Contr. of hackney.]
hack
hak, n. a grated frame, as a rack for feeding cattle, a place for drying bricks, &c. [Hatch.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

hack
To cut irregularly, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument. “My sword hacked like a handsaw.”