hacking

n. illegal access into another party's computer or Internet site carried out for malevolent or fraudulent purposes or to make unauthorised amendments or just for fun (Computers); chopping hit done with the edge of the hand in massage

v. cut, gash, chop; operate a taxicab; ride (a horse); cough dryly; tolerate, handle; write new computer programs; illegally access a computer system

Hacking may refer to:A form of the verb hackComputer hacking where someone is enthusiastic about computer programming and all things relating to the technical workings of a computerThe act of joke thieveryA term used in the United Kingdom for casual equestrianism, in particular trail riding.The name of a specific Erbherrschaft (hereditary Lordship)Raising a bird of prey in an artificial nest
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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

n. hackery, break-in by computer "freaks" into a computer system

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hack