hack¹ /hak/

1. To cut with rough blows
2. To chop or mangle
3. To notch
4. To roughen with a hammer
5. To kick
6. To kick or strike the shins of (in some sports, illicitly)
7. To cope with or bear (informal)

1. To slash, chop
2. To cough
3. To use a computer with great skill
4. To gain unauthorized access to other computers (often with into)

1. An act of hacking
2. A gash (archaic)
3. A notch
4. A chap in the skin (archaic)
5. A kick on the shin (archaic)
6. A mattock or pick

hackˈable adjective

(of a computer, program, phone etc) vulnerable to hacking

hackˈer noun

1. A person who hacks
2. A skilled and enthusiastic computer operator, esp an amateur or a producer of poor-quality computer code (informal)
3. Now usu an operator who uses his or her skill to break into commercial or government computer or other electronic systems (informal)

hackˈery noun (informal)

Computer hacking

hackˈing noun adjective

Short and interrupted, used eg of a broken, troublesome cough

hackˈ-log noun

A chopping-block

hackˈsaw noun

A saw for metals

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