hack
v.
cut, gash, chop; operate a taxicab; ride (a horse); cough dryly; tolerate, handle; write new computer programs; illegally access a computer system
Hack
Hack may refer to:
Hack (technology), a term used in the technology and computer science fields
Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
Hack writer, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books
Hack and slash, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay
Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers
Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
What the Hack, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands
.hack, a Japanese multimedia franchise
Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand referred to as "Hack" In mass media:
Hack (TV series), a CBS television series
Hack (video game), a
roguelike computer game using ASCII graphics
Hack (album), a 1990 album by Information Society
Hack (radio program), a current affairs program on Australian radio network Triple JHacks (film), a 1997 film starring
Stephen ReaHack!, a 2007 film starring
Danica McKellar
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hack
Noun
1. one who works hard at boring tasks
(synonym) drudge, hacker
(hypernym) unskilled person
(hyponym) plodder, slogger
2. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
(synonym) machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack
(hypernym) politician, politico, pol, political leader
3. a mediocre and disdained writer
(synonym) hack writer, literary hack
(hypernym) writer, author
(member-holonym) Grub Street
4. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
(hypernym) tool
5. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
(synonym) cab, taxi, taxicab
(hypernym) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
(hyponym) gypsy cab
(member-holonym) fleet
6. an old or over-worked horse
(synonym) jade, nag, plug
(hypernym) horse, Equus caballus
7. a horse kept for hire
(hypernym) horse, Equus caballus
8. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
(hypernym) saddle horse, riding horse, mount
Verb
1. cut with a hacking tool
(synonym) chop
(hypernym) cut
(hyponym) axe, ax
2. informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
(synonym) cut
(hypernym) cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
3. cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"
(hypernym) cut
4. kick on the arms
(hypernym) foul
(classification) basketball, basketball game, hoops
5. kick on the shins
(hypernym) foul
(classification) rugby, rugby football, rugger
6. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
(synonym) hack on
(hypernym) program, programme
(derivation) hacker
7. significantly cut up a manuscript
(synonym) cut up
(hypernym) edit, redact
8. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
(synonym) whoop
(hypernym) cough
Hacked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Hack
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
hack
<
jargon> 1. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.
2. An incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece of work that produces exactly what is needed.
3. To bear emotionally or physically. "I can't hack this heat!"
4. To work on something (typically a program). In an immediate sense: "What are you doing?" "I'm hacking TECO." In a general (time-extended) sense: "What do you do around here?" "I hack TECO." More generally, "I hack "foo"" is roughly equivalent to ""foo" is my major interest (or project)". "I hack solid-state physics." See
Hacking X for Y.
5. To pull a prank on. See
hacker.
6. To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way. "Whatcha up to?" "Oh, just hacking."
7. Short for
hacker.
8. See
nethack.
9. (MIT) To explore the basements, roof ledges, and steam tunnels of a large, institutional building, to the dismay of Physical Plant workers and (since this is usually performed at educational institutions) the Campus Police. This activity has been found to be eerily similar to playing adventure games such as
Dungeons and Dragons and
Zork. See also
vadding.
See also
neat hack,
real hack.
[
Jargon File]
(1996-08-26)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe