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verb
- 1. cut with rough or heavy blows: "hack off the dead branches" Similar
- 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system: "they hacked into the bank's computer"
noun
- 1. a rough cut, blow, or stroke: "he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him"
- 2. an act of computer hacking: informal "the challenge of the hack itself"
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The meaning of HACK is to cut or sever with repeated irregular or unskillful blows. How to use hack in a sentence.
to get into someone else's computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal: hack a computer Computer hacking has become widespread over the last decade.
A hack is a quick and clever solution to a problem. [informal]
To hack is to cut or chop something with short strong blows, like if you hack your way through a thick jungle with a machete. To hack is also to illegally break into someone’s computer. The Old English root word is haccian, which means “to cut into pieces,” but hack also means to cough frequently. A tickle in your throat can make you hack.
Hack definition: to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down). See examples of HACK used in a sentence.
Definition of hack verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HACK definition: 1. to cut something roughly into pieces: 2. to use a computer to illegally get into someone else's…. Learn more.
hack meaning, definition, what is hack: to cut something roughly or violently: Learn more.
1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever with irregular, often heavy blows (often fol. by up or down ): to hack down trees. 2. to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, or other growth. 3. to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment, as a piece of writing.
HACK meaning: 1 : to cut (something or someone) many times and usually in a rough and violent way; 2 : to make (a path) by cutting plants
