hackery
A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freightA two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
Meaning
4 senses(India)A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
(India, Sri Lanka)A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.
(derogatory, slang, uncountable)Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(slang, uncountable)The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
Origin
Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), fromUncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).
From hack + -ery. In its computing sense, from Middle English hakken (“to cut violently or coarsely”) etc., q.v. In its pejorative sense, from hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”).
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