| Front | hack |
|---|---|
| Back | hack verb, noun BrE /hæk/ NAmE /hæk/ verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 [transitive, intransitive] to cut sb/sth with rough, heavy blows ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. I hacked the dead branches off. They were hacked to death as they tried to escape. We had to hack our way through the jungle. + adv./prep. We hacked away at the bushes. 2 [transitive] ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to kick sth roughly or without control He hacked the ball away. 3 (computing) [intransitive, transitive] to secretly find a way of looking at and/or changing information on sb else's computer system without permission ~ into sth He hacked into the bank's computer. ~ sth They had hacked secret data. 4 [transitive] can/can't hack it (informal) to be able/not able to manage in a particular situation Lots of people leave this job because they can't hack it. 5 [intransitive] (usually go hacking) (especially BrE) to ride a horse for pleasure 6 [intransitive] (NAmE, informal) to drive a taxi noun word origin 1 (disapproving) a writer, especially of newspaper articles, who does a lot of low quality work and does not get paid much 2 (disapproving) a person who does the hard and often boring work for an organization, especially a politician a party hack 3 a horse for ordinary riding or one that can be hired 4 (NAmE, informal) a taxi 5 an act of hitting sth, especially with a cutting tool I was sure he was going to take a hack at us. |
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