Definition of hack
hack 
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.
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.
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.
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Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing': | |
| Definitions include: unattractive or undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: bad or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: in a bad physical state. | |
| Definitions include: appearing tired, run down, "beat," etc. | |
| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; of poor quality; bad. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is inconsequential, irrelevant, small, unimportant, or worthless. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: See bullshit. | |
| Definitions include: terrible. | |
| Definitions include: a homosexual person. | |
| Definitions include: anything displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: very bad. | |
| Definitions include: very badly. | |
| Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females. | |
Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: the corporate headquarters of a business, or a person or group representing the corporate headquarters. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "business." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day. | |
| Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: a person hired for their expertise. | |
| Definitions include: to upper management. | |
| Definitions include: to "close" any location. | |
| Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle. | |
| Definitions include: the "Target" retailer. | |
| Definitions include: a meeting. | |
| Definitions include: to do nothing of value. | |
| Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. | |
| Definitions include: a person attaches themselves to high profile task or project in order to enhance their own career. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "oh, I see". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "hit me up". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't know know!". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "thank you". | |
| Definitions include: low-quality software. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
| Definitions include: phrasing used to espouse the belief that something is (or should be) considered a bad idea. | |
| Definitions include: "Internet BFF", i.e. "Internet Best Friend(s) Forever". | |
| Definitions include: software that has had features disabled to entice people to upgrade to a for-pay or more expensive version. | |
| Definitions include: the act of removing the CPU from a computer in order to perform a replacement or upgrade. | |
| Definitions include: See tl;dr. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk to you later". | |
| Definitions include: the Everquest videogame. | |
| Definitions include: rules governing socially acceptable behavior on Twitter. | |
| Definitions include: Person who is quite irritating, assumes to know everything but actually knows nothing. | |
Other terms relating to 'sports (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: Bad person, moron, idiot. | |
| Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: in fishing, to catch a fish and then release it back into the water. | |
| Definitions include: a biscuit. | |
| Definitions include: A young, typically pre-pubescent surfer. | |
| Definitions include: football (soccer.) | |
| Definitions include: "mountain bike". | |
| Definitions include: a girl who dress up for a hockey games hoping to get a date with the players. | |
| Definitions include: very cold. | |
| Definitions include: to put one's hands up a person's shirt, with hand-on-skin contact, e.g. the fondling of breasts. | |
| Definitions include: see home run. | |
| Definitions include: head or haircut. | |
| Definitions include: a misspelling of "tarck bike" which itself is an intentional misspelling of "track bike". | |
Other terms relating to 'to accept insults': | |
| Definitions include: to accept insults from a person without fighting back. | |
Other terms relating to 'to accomplish, work hard': | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
| Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task. | |
| Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job". | |
| Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: to expend significant effort waiting on (helping, being an assistant to) a person. | |
| Definitions include: to complete a task with excellence. | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
| Definitions include: to devote significant effort towards. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart". | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: See nose to the grindstone. | |
Other terms relating to 'to cough': | |
| Definitions include: to sneeze and cough at the same time. | |
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Other terms relating to 'hack': | |
| Definitions include: extremely mad or irritated. | |
| Definitions include: a system that was created by hacking it up over time. | |
| Definitions include: while "hacker" originally had positive connotations, it has since come to refer to individuals who sometimes use computers with malicious intent. | |
| Definitions include: 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. | |
| Definitions include: to perform one's duties. | |
| Definitions include: 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. | |
| Definitions include: to make a person angry. | |
| Definitions include: to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: "leet" spelling of "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: a l33t hax0r. | |
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