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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

hack around

hack around · hacks around · hacked around · hacking around

To be idle; to waste time; to socializeTo be idle; to waste time; to socialize.

Meaning

1 senses

(US)To be idle; to waste time; to socialize.

Forms

hacks around, hacking around, hacked around, hacked around

Base form	hack around · to hack around
3rd person singular	hacks around
Present participle	hacking around
Past simple	hacked around
Past participle	hacked around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	hack around
he, she, it	hacks around

Past simpleLesson

all persons

hacked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have hacked around
he, she, it	has hacked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will hack around

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

habitually hackC1 hacker hackney

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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