Meaning

1 senses

  1. An onomatopoeia for coughing.

Examples

115 sentences

  1. Tom couldn't hack into that website.

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  2. I didn't hack into anybody's computer.

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  3. Linux can be hacked as well.

    ruLinux тоже можно хакнуть. — sharptoothed

    deAuch Linux kann man hacken. — Luiaard

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  4. We hacked a path through the forest.

    ruМы проложили тропинку через лес. — Ivanovb

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  5. Our database was hacked three days ago.

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Origin

Unclear. Perhaps imitative; compare hock, hawk. Alternatively, perhaps from hack (“chop; d

Unclear. Perhaps imitative; compare hock, hawk. Alternatively, perhaps from hack (“chop; do something difficult”) via the idea of doing something (like breathing) or with difficulty.

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See also

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