Definition of hack
hack 
noun
- an untalented professional.
He's just some consulting hack.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Originally submitted by Ed from Melbourne, VIC, Australia on Nov 10 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- a cough.
That's quite a hack you've got there.
- See more words with the same meaning: to cough.
Originally submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002. (Edit this definition.)
- 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).
Originally submitted by George G. from Târgovişte, Romania on Aug 19 2002. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- a prank or practical joke. Popularized at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.)
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010. (Edit this definition.)
- an unlicensed taxicab driver.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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).
Originally submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- to cough.
Don't hack all over the place - cover your mouth!
- See more words with the same meaning: to cough.
Originally submitted by Amie on Mar 23 2002. (Edit this definition.)
- 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.
Originally submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- to operate an unlicensed taxicab.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 07 2011. (Edit this definition.)
verb - transitive
- to withstand.
I can't hack this.
- See more words with the same meaning: to accept insults.
Originally submitted by Nimesh P. from UK on Feb 05 2002. (Edit this definition.)
- to use a particular computing technology.
I haven't hacked Lisp in a few years.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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Slang terms with the same root words
- hack
- hacked off - extremely mad or irritated.
- hacked up - a system that was created by hacking it up over time.
- hacking it - To engage in any activity intensely, especially to be intent on using one's computer for any purpose, though not necessarily engaging in illegal activity via the internet.
- hack it - See also hack.
- hack license - a permit, license or other authority issued by a governmental agency authorizing a person to drive a taxicab in service to customers in that area.
- hack off - See also hacked off.
- hack on - to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code.
- hack the carrot - to masturbate
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Slang terms with the same meaning
- computer slang
- 'puter - Definitions include: "computer."
- 0 day - Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public.
- 1337 - Definitions include: elite; COOL.
- 133t - Definitions include: "elite."
- 143 - Definitions include: "I love you".
- 1432 - Definitions include: "I love you too".
- 31337 - Definitions include: computer speak for "elite."
- 404 - Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
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- sports (related to)
- 1080 - Definitions include: in sports, the turning around of 3 times while in the air.
- 3rd base - Definitions include: see get to 3rd base.
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- aggro - Definitions include: wild almost to the point of losing control, but effective.
- anabolics - Definitions include: anabolic steroids.
- b-ball - Definitions include: basketball.
- ball - Definitions include: a great time.
- baller - Definitions include: very "cool" or stylish.
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- to accomplish, work hard
- 110 percent - Definitions include: one's best effort.
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- all-nighter - Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
- bang up job - Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job".
- bust a nut - Definitions include: to work hard.
- bust ass - Definitions include: to flatulate; FART.
- bust out - Definitions include: to retrieve specifically money.
- cruise - Definitions include: to leave.
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- bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing
- 404 - Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
- antwacky - Definitions include: old-fashioned; unstylish.
- ass - Definitions include: used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness; "very", "really", "extremely".
- ass up - Definitions include: to make something like ass.
- assful - Definitions include: displeasing.
- bad-ass - Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
- beat - Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
- beat-up - Definitions include: displeasing.
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- business (related to)
- ABC - Definitions include: acronym for "already been chewed".
- all-nighter - Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
- bini - Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
- bio break - Definitions include: a bathroom break.
- biz - Definitions include: A Northern English expression for excrement, as in, "he is total biz."
- brainstorm - Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand.
- brand ambassador - Definitions include: in marketing, a satisfied customer who tells others about his positive experience with products of a particular brand name.
- brick-and-mortar - Definitions include: a "traditional" business with a physical presence. Contrast with dot-com.
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- to accept insults
- take shit - Definitions include: to accept insults from a person without fighting back. Also take it.
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