Definition of hacking
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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| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
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| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: old-fashioned; unstylish. | |
| Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females. | |
| Definitions include: bad or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: a tough person or rebel. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: terrible. | |
| Definitions include: "shitty". | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: fake. | |
| Definitions include: expression of dismay; "bummer". | |
| Definitions include: terrible. | |
Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: to do nothing of value. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: to hit. | |
| Definitions include: The Salvation Army. | |
| Definitions include: in marketing, a satisfied customer who tells others about his positive experience with products of a particular brand name. | |
| Definitions include: a meeting. | |
| Definitions include: "very". | |
| Definitions include: without any clothing covering the torso. | |
| Definitions include: the main source of income for a business. | |
| Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task. | |
| Definitions include: a "traditional" business with a physical presence. | |
| Definitions include: a residence or work place. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "another bloody cathedral" or "another bloody church". | |
| Definitions include: the corporate headquarters of a business, or a person or group representing the corporate headquarters. | |
| Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand. | |
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| Definitions include: "just my opinion". | |
| Definitions include: babygirl; girlfriend | |
| Definitions include: as bad as possible. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Fixed That For You". | |
| Definitions include: the totality of all blogs. | |
| Definitions include: "disconnect". | |
| Definitions include: an exclamation of delight, surprise or amazement. | |
| Definitions include: unsolicited advertisements sent in bulk via e-mail. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do the right thing". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no good". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shaking my head". | |
| Definitions include: personal information about a person (for example: their real name, home address, phone number) that has been released on the web. | |
| Definitions include: "serious business". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in real life". | |
Other terms relating to 'sports (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: "mountain bike". | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta. | |
| Definitions include: to defraud; "swindle". | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: male genitalia, especially the testicles. | |
| Definitions include: a motorcycle. | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: see get to 3rd base. | |
| Definitions include: any football player who played for the Florida State University football team (the Seminoles) and was convicted of a crime. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "the big leagues". | |
| Definitions include: jogging and juggling at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: in anything, a second chance; "do over". | |
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 work hard. | |
| Definitions include: to work extremely hard. | |
| Definitions include: to expend significant effort waiting on (helping, being an assistant to) a person. | |
| Definitions include: one's best effort. | |
| Definitions include: to devote significant effort towards. | |
| Definitions include: to be so intoxicated from illegal stimulants that one loses complete control over one's body. | |
| Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle. | |
| Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up". | |
| Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: the metaphorical substance that workaholics are addicted to. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard. | |
| Definitions include: good tasting. | |
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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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