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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A tool for chopping.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A hacking blow.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A dry cough.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A try, an attempt.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   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.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

    “Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack.”

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    Time check.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

    A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

    “He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.”

16. Meaning 16 · noun

    A kick on the shins in football.

17. Meaning 17 · noun

    Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

    “They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    To cough noisily.

    “This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.”

20. Meaning 20 · verb

    To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

    “Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?”

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    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.

    “I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.”

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To accomplish a difficult programming task.

    “He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.”

23. Meaning 23 · verb

    To work with something on an intimately technical level.

    “I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.”

24. Meaning 24 · verb

    (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

    “I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.”

25. Meaning 25 · verb

    To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.

26. Meaning 26 · verb

    (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

    “When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.”

27. Meaning 27 · verb

    To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

    “He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.”

28. Meaning 28 · verb

    To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

    “There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.”

29. Meaning 29 · verb

    To swing at a pitched ball.

    “He went to the batter's box hacking.”

30. Meaning 30 · verb

    (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.

31. Meaning 31 · verb

    To strike in a frantic movement.

32. Meaning 32 · verb

    To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

How this word is used

• General “Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack.”
• General “He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.”
• Everyday “They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”
• General “This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.”
• General “Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?”
• General “I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.”
• General “He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.”
• General “I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.”
• General “I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.”
• General “When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.”
• General “He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.”
• General “There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.”
• General “He went to the batter's box hacking.”

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