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noun

• an untalented professional.

  He's just some consulting hack.

  I love my husband, but he's a hack.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
  • See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).

  Last edited on Apr 23 2013. Submitted by Ed from Melbourne, VIC, Australia on Nov 10 1999.

• a cough.

  That's quite a hack you've got there.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to cough.

  Last edited on Mar 23 2002. Submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002.

• an untalented golfer.

  He is not a good golfer, he is a hack.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: sports (related to).

  Last edited on Aug 19 2002. Submitted by George G. from Târgovişte, Romania on Aug 19 2002.

• a quick solution that solves a problem, but does not solve it particularly well, or in a particularly good way.

  Yeah, it's working now, but I just did a hack.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a prank or practical joke. Popularized at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.)

  Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010.

• an unlicensed taxicab driver.

  Last edited on Nov 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011.

verb - ambitransitive

• to work on a computer programming or computer software problem.

  Person A: What have you been up to?
  
  Person B: Just hasking Haskell.

  I'm going to hack for a bit then get something to eat.

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  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb - intransitive

• to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.)

  You got the Hackysack? Let's go hack.

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  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

• to cough.

  Don't hack all over the place - cover your mouth!

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  Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002.

• to explore the problem-solving capabilities of a computer and its software.

  I didn't get a lot accomplished this weekend. Just did some hacking.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• to operate an unlicensed taxicab.

  Last edited on Nov 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011.

verb - transitive

• to withstand.

  I can't hack this.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to accept insults.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Nimesh P. from UK on Feb 05 2002.

• to use a particular computing technology.

  I haven't hacked Lisp in a few years.

  Last edited on Oct 21 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010.