📖 Definitions of "Hack"
noun
- 1
A tool for chopping.
- 2
A hacking blow.
- 3
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- 4
A dry cough.
verb
- 1
To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
"They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."
- 2
To cough noisily.
"This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."
- 3
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
"Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"
- 4
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."
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