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Definition of hack together
hack together
verb - transitive
- to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
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| Definitions include: "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: "leet" spelling of "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: a l33t hax0r. | |
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| Definitions include: This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier. | |
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