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Hacked

/hækt/

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

📖 Definitions of "Hacked"

verb
  1. 1

    To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

    "They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."

  2. 2

    To cough noisily.

    "This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."

  3. 3

    To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

    "Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"

  4. 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."

verb
  1. 1

    To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

  2. 2

    To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

verb
  1. 1

    To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

  2. 2

    To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

  3. 3

    To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

  4. 4

    To live the life of a drudge or hack.

verb
  1. 1

    To play hackeysack.

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