1 [+adv./prep.] to cut sb/sth with rough, heavy blows:
[VN] 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. * [V] We hacked away at the bushes.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to kick sth roughly or without control:
He hacked the ball away.
3 (computing) ~ (into) (sth) to secretly find a way of looking at and/or changing information on sb else's computer system without permission:
[V] He hacked into the bank's computer. * [VN] They had hacked secret data.
4 [VN] can / can't ~ 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 [V] (usually go hacking) (especially BrE) to ride a horse for pleasure
6 [V] (AmE, informal) to drive a taxi
Part of speech: noun
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 (AmE, 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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Is hack a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hack is tagged as verb.
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