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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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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.
Hack can mean to cut, chop, or mutilate something, or to alter or access a computer program illegally. It can also mean a horse for hire, a worn-out horse, or a mediocre writer.
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.
Learn the meaning of HACK as a verb, noun, or adjective in English. Find out how to pronounce it, use it in sentences, and translate it to other languages.
