Hacking
/ˈhækɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:17 ptsWWF:19 pts7 letters
Definition of Hacking
verb
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
"They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."
- To cough noisily.
"This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
"Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
"I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later."
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
"He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."
verb
verb
verb
- To play hackeysack.
adjective
- Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
"A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry."
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