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Definition of hacks somethin'

hack    

noun

  • an untalented professional.
    He's just some consulting hack.
    I love my husband, but he's a hack.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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: disappointing.
Definitions include: of poor taste or style.
Definitions include: a piece of fecal matter; "loaf".
Definitions include: very bad.
Definitions include: mean or disrespectful.
Definitions include: to steal.
Definitions include: sexual contact.
Definitions include: of a situation, very bad.
Definitions include: displeasing.
Definitions include: inadequate or displeasing.
Definitions include: a hack or involving a hack.
Definitions include: boring.
Definitions include: bad, old, worn-out, or stupid.
Definitions include: "stupid".
Definitions include: of poor quality, unusable, intolerable.

Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':

Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions.
Definitions include: support.
Definitions include: easy or unchallenging.
Definitions include: as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening.
Definitions include: "specification".
Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
Definitions include: more than ramen profitable.
Definitions include: a break in the workday when employees gather to ingest drugs.
Definitions include: clothing
Definitions include: a pejorative term for both the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), likening them to the mafia.
Definitions include: to start one's work shift.
Definitions include: a person attaches themselves to high profile task or project in order to enhance their own career.
Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office".
Definitions include: the "Target" retailer.
Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand.

Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: acronym for "First World problem" or "First World problems".
Definitions include: to smoke marijuana.
Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B.
Definitions include: This theorem has been traced to the mathematician E'mile Borel in 1913, and was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington.
Definitions include: acronym for "in other words".
Definitions include: abbreviated form of "okay".
Definitions include: to add something to the beginning; "prefix".
Definitions include: a cable connector device with either two male or two female connectors on it, used to connect mismatched cables.
Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.)
Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity.
Definitions include: source code that is extremely difficult to understand.
Definitions include: a geek.
Definitions include: acronym for "that feeling when".
Definitions include: money.
Definitions include: "thanks".

Other terms relating to 'sports (related to)':

Definitions include: to be successful.
Definitions include: to body check as in sports (hockey, American football, rugby, etc.)
Definitions include: in fishing, to catch a fish and then release it back into the water.
Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy".
Definitions include: see get to 3rd base.
Definitions include: to hit.
Definitions include: jogging and juggling at the same time.
Definitions include: a decision that will be made close to the time of acting upon that decision.
Definitions include: anabolic steroids.
Definitions include: to kiss, make out.
Definitions include: football (soccer.)
Definitions include: a very attractive person; "a perfect ten".
Definitions include: in soccer (football), the kick of a ball through an opponent's legs.
Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta.
Definitions include: basketball.

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 extremely hard.
Definitions include: to have sex with.
Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up".
Definitions include: to be at one's peak performance.
Definitions include: the metaphorical substance that workaholics are addicted to.
Definitions include: to seek "paper" (i.e. money.)
Definitions include: a metaphorical position which implies hard work.
Definitions include: to devote significant effort towards.
Definitions include: one's best effort.
Definitions include: to work hard.
Definitions include: to criticize; "get on (one's) case".
Definitions include: to increase one's stature in life.
Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill".
Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job".
Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone.

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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