Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom hacked Mary's leg off with a rusty machete.

    Том відрубав ногу Мері іржавим мачете. — deniko

    ruТом отрубил ногу Мэри ржавым мачете. — corvard

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  2. Tom hacked Mary's arm off with a sword.

    ruТом отрубил руку Мэри мечом. — Lich

    deTom hackte Marys Arm mit einem Schwert ab. — Flammlachs

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Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To remove by hacking; to cut off.

  2. (transitive)To annoy.

Forms

hacks off, hacking off, hacked off, hacked off

irregular

Base formhack off · to hack off
3rd person singularhacks off
Present participlehacking off
Past simplehacked off
Past participlehacked off

Tenses

hack off · hacked off · will hack off · have hacked off

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhack off
he, she, ithacks off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hacked off
he, she, ithas hacked off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hack off

Past simpleLesson

all personshacked off

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
To remove by hacking:cut offslice off
To annoy:annoyA2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
habituallyhackC1hackerhackney

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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