Hacking
/ˈhækɪŋ/
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."
Total: 17 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Hacking"
Hacking is a 7-letter word that scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Hacking" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "hacking" is a high-scoring word.