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- Dictionaryhack/hak/
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 He claimed they had spied on him and tried to hack his computer.
If someone hacks or hacks into a phone or computer system, they break into it, especially in order to get secret information. Journalists had hacked the phone of the missing lawyer.
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.
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 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.
If someone hacks into a computer system, they break into the system, especially in order to get secret information.
