hack
/hæk/
noun
- A writer who produces low-quality or unoriginal work for money.
- He was dismissed as a mere hack by literary critics.
- She worked as a hack for a tabloid magazine.
- The newspaper hired a hack to write filler articles.
- A clever or simple solution to a problem, especially a computer-related one.
- I found a great hack to speed up my computer.
- The programmer shared a useful hack for debugging code.
- This life hack will save you hours of cleaning time.
- An act of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system.
- The hack exposed thousands of user passwords.
- The company suffered a major hack last month.
- They discovered the hack after unusual activity was reported.
- A horse that is available for hire or used for routine riding.
- The old hack was gentle and easy to ride.
- He led the hack out of the stable for a short ride.
- They rented a hack for the afternoon trail ride.
- A taxi or a driver of a taxi.
- She paid the hack and got out at the corner.
- The hack driver knew the city streets well.
- We hailed a hack to take us to the airport.
verb
- To cut or chop something roughly or with repeated blows.
- The gardener hacked away at the overgrown bushes.
- He used an axe to hack the wood into smaller pieces.
- She hacked the old branch off the tree with a saw.
- To gain unauthorized access to a computer system or network.
- The hacker managed to hack the security system.
- He learned how to hack websites from online tutorials.
- Someone tried to hack into the company's database.
- To manage or cope with something, often in a clever or informal way.
- She found a way to hack the problem by using a simple trick.
- We need to hack this project before the deadline.
- I can't hack this job anymore; it's too stressful.
- To cough in a short, dry, and harsh way.
- The patient hacked loudly during the examination.
- She hacked a few times before clearing her throat.
- He started to hack after breathing in the smoke.