Browsing page 1 of new words for November 7, 2011

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.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
  • 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.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
  • 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.

• an untalented journalist.

  Last edited on Mar 19 2016. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 19 2016.

• To Hack something is to change something.
  
  So to change colour by painting or to make it do something other than it's intended purpose. Normally with home decorations to suit your decor. Or to make things more useful

  Check out the hack I've done on my new shoe rack. To turn it into something useful for the kitchen.

  After redecorating my house this item didn't go. So I hacked it to change its colour and now it's fits in perfect.

  Last edited on Jul 16 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 16 2017.

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.

  • 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.

verb - intransitive

• to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.)

  You got the Hackysack? Let's go hack.

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

  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!

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

  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.

• to waste time.
  
  Synonyms: mess around, hang out
  
  What did you do all weekend?
  
  Not much, just hacked around with Judy.

  Last edited on Jan 08 2019. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 08 2019.

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.