Background for hacking

hacking

/ˈhækɪŋ/

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verb

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

Examples :

"They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."

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To cough noisily.

Examples :

"My grandfather was hacking loudly, trying to clear his throat before the important meeting. "

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To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Examples :

"Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"

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To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

Examples :

""To quickly fix the bug before the presentation, she ended up hacking the code, adding a messy workaround instead of a proper solution." "

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To accomplish a difficult programming task.

Examples :

"He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."

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To work with something on an intimately technical level.

Examples :

"The engineer was hacking the new software program to optimize its performance. "

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(by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

Examples :

"I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life."

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To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.

Examples :

"A student was suspended for hacking into the school's computer system to change his grades. "

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(by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

Examples :

"Someone was hacking into the school's computer system to change their grades. "

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To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

Examples :

"The referee blew his whistle when the player was hacking at his opponent's leg with his hockey stick. "

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To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

Examples :

"Frustrated after missing the shot, the hockey player was hacking wildly at the puck. "

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To swing at a pitched ball.

Examples :

"The batter was getting frustrated and started hacking wildly at the pitches, hoping to get a lucky hit. "

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(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.

Examples :

"During the intense rugby match, the defender was penalized for hacking the opposing player's shins, resulting in a free kick. "

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To strike in a frantic movement.

Examples :

"The frustrated cook was hacking at the tough vegetables with the knife, trying to chop them quickly. "

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To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

Examples :

"The massage therapist was hacking gently at my back muscles to loosen them up. "

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To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

Examples :

"The bricklayers were hacking the newly formed bricks onto the racks, preparing them for drying in the sun. "

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To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Examples :

"The falconer is hacking the young hawks this week, allowing them short flights each day before their full training begins. "

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To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

Examples :

"The constant repetition of the same love song on the radio is hacking what was once a beautiful melody into an annoying jingle. "

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To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

Examples :

"After a long day of work, she enjoys hacking along the quiet country roads on her mare, Belle. "

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To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

Examples :

"During the economic hardship, she was forced to make a difficult choice and began hacking on the streets to provide for her family. "

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To live the life of a drudge or hack.

Examples :

"He's been hacking away at his studies all semester, barely having time for meals or social life. "

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To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

Examples :

"The farmer was hacking his tractor to neighbors to help them with the harvest. "

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To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Examples :

"The politician is hacking the phrase "common sense" in every speech, making it sound meaningless. "

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To play hackeysack.

Examples :

"We were hacking in the park after school, trying to keep the hackysack off the ground. "

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adjective

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

Examples :

"A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry."

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noun

Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.

Examples :

"Her weekend involved intense coding and some clever hacking to finally get the outdated printer to connect wirelessly to her laptop. "

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noun

Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.

Examples :

"The school was worried about the recent hacking of their student database, as personal information may have been stolen. "

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A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.

Examples :

"Her hacking cough kept the whole class awake during the test. "

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A kick in the shins.

Examples :

"After the soccer game, I noticed some hacking on my shins. "

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(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.

Examples :

"The massage therapist used hacking to loosen the tight muscles in my back. "

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A riding or journey on horseback.

Examples :

"After a long week at work, a relaxing weekend hacking through the countryside sounded perfect. "

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The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.

Examples :

"The stonecutter spent the morning on the hacking, carefully roughening the surface of the grindstone with his hammer. "

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The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.

Examples :

"Because we ran short on large stones, the bricklayer had to resort to hacking to finish the wall. "

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noun

Examples :

"The effectiveness of the gem cutter's polishing lap depends on the quality of the hacking, which creates the necessary pockets for the abrasive powders. "

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(brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

Examples :

"After the brick-making machine finished its run, the workers began the careful hacking of the fresh bricks, stacking them precisely to dry evenly in the sun. "

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