Browsing page 54 of words meaning insults (list of) (1,174 words total)

noun

• an inexperienced person; "green person". Especially an inexperienced mountain climber. From the color of the animated character of the same name.

  Hey gumby, take a lesson.

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  Last edited on Dec 13 2012. Submitted by Jay Y. from Charlotte, NC, USA on Oct 21 1999.

• a clumsy or unintelligent person.
  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on Dec 13 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 07 2012.

• a fool, an oaf
  
  Don't act like such a gump!

  Last edited on Jan 26 2012. Submitted by John Kitus from Boise, ID, USA on Jan 26 2012.

noun

• a tall clumsy person. See also gimp.
  • See more words with the same meaning: mannerisms.
  • See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).

  Last edited on Apr 12 1998. Submitted by Laqunda Higgins from AK, USA on Apr 12 1998.

noun

• a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Punks invade Williamsburg as heroin-addicted hobos set up shop in trendy Brooklyn neighborhood", NYDailyNews.com, Ben Chapman and Elizabeth Hays, July 14 2009 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
  • See more words with the same meaning: poor, poor person, homeless person.

  Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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.

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  • 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!

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  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.
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  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.

adjective

• a system that was created by hacking it up over time. Note that creating a system by hacking it is different than creating a system by hacking it up.
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  Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• a hack or involving a hack. (Both in the "poor solution" sense.)

  My solution is kind of hackish, but it will work for now.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• unattractive. Contrast with "easy on the eyes".

                                                               
  
                             
  
  Citation from "All the Right Friends", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly.

  Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 29 2011.