Definizione monolingua

hack

hack (third-person singular simple present hacks, present participle hacking, simple past and past participle hacked)

1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

   They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

     Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.

2. To cough noisily.

   This cold is awful. I cant stop hacking.

3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

   Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

4. (slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a crack.
5. (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.

   He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

6. (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.

   I hacked in a fix for this bug, but well still have to do a real fix later.

7. To work on an intimately technical level.

   Im currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

8. (ice hockey) To strike an opponents leg with ones hockey stick.

   Hes going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.

9. (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

   Theres a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.

10. (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

    He went to the batters box hacking.

11. To strike in a frantic movement.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

      Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelseas skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out.

hack (plural hacks)

1. A hacking blow.
2. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
3. A dry cough.
4. (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
5. (obsolete) A mattock or a miners pick.
6. (computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
7. (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
8. (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
9. (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
10. (slang, military) Time check.
11. (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

    He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.

12. (slang) a newspaper columnist or writer (newspaper hack)
13. (slang) a cabbie

Definizione dizionario hack

tagliare

	programmare
	To enter a program or other instructions into a computer (or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.

ammazzare

calmare

debilitare

demolire

fare a pezzi

fendente

ferita

incidere

intaccare

intaccatura

intagliatura

passeggiare a cavallo

percorrere

piccone

placare

ronzino

spaccare

spaccatura

tacca

taglio

tosse secca

uccidere

zappa

Altri significati:

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

(pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)

A hacking blow.

To alter the behavior of an application or an operating system by modifying its code rather than by running the program and selecting options.

A dry cough.

A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

(falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

(pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary

small ball for hackeysack

(riding) hack

(pejorative) An untalented writer.

To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

(curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

(slang, military) Time check.

(slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a crack.

(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.

(obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.

(computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

To play hackeysack.

To strike in a frantic movement.

(politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)

dry cough

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.

(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

(pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.

A rack used to dry bricks.

(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

(computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

talented writer-for-hire

illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network

(ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

to gain illegal access to a computer network

to cough noisily

To cough noisily.

(obsolete) An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.

miner's pick

A food-rack for cattle.

(computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.

taxicab driver

(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

to chop or cut down in a rough manner

(computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.

quack (doctor)

To work on an intimately technical level.

(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

(slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.