C1verb · transitive · common

hack

hack · hacks · hacked · hacking

сікти, рубити

рубить, сечь, взломать

hacken

To chop or cut down in a rough mannerTo chop or cut down in a rough manner.

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/hæk/

» Tom couldn't hack into that website.

Meaning

25 senses

(transitive)To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
руби́тьrubítʹ, сечьsečʹ
руби́тиrubýty, сі́ктиsíkty
cut away
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
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.
I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.
To accomplish a difficult programming task.
He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
(slang, transitive)To work with something on an intimately technical level.
I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
(broadly, colloquial, transitive)To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.
(slang, transitive)To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
(broadly, slang, transitive)To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
When I logged in to the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.
eindringen
взла́мыватьvzlámyvatʹ
(intransitive)To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
That player must be hacking, they got so many kills last game.
To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.
Jensen gets a 5 minute major penalty for hacking Orsov in the back.
To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.
To swing at a pitched ball.
He went to the batter's box hacking.

Examples

115 sentences

Tom couldn't hack into that website.
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I didn't hack into anybody's computer.
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Linux can be hacked as well.
ruLinux тоже можно хакнуть.
deAuch Linux kann man hacken.
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We hacked a path through the forest.
ruМы проложили тропинку через лес.
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Our database was hacked three days ago.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to chop or cut down in a rough manner:

Русский

By meaning 3

to gain illegal access to a computer network:

to chop or cut down in a rough manner:

to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to gain illegal access to a computer network:

to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account:

Origin

From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West

From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hoe; hew”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).

Variations of hatch, heck.

Abbreviation of hackney (“an ordinary horse”), probably from place name Hackney.

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.

From hackysack.

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