hacked

Meaning of hacked

verb, past tense
  1. cut with rough or heavy blows.
    hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground
    they hacked a path through the wooded mountains
    men hack at the coalface
  2. gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
    they hacked into the bank's computer
    someone hacked his computer from another location
  3. cough persistently.
    I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours
  4. manage; cope.
    lots of people leave because they can't hack it

Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken .

verb, past tense
  1. ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.
    the two riders hacked along the trail through the woods
    some gentle hacking in a scenic setting

Middle English (in hack2 (sense 2 of the noun)): abbreviation of hackney. hack2 (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 17th century.

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Hyphenation of hacked

hacked

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • hacked is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hacked synonyms

Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:

cut

Meaning cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife:

chop

Meaning chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool:

hew

Meaning remove branches from (a tree):

lop

Meaning cut (something) using a saw:

saw

Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:

slash

Meaning (of a person) deal effectively with something difficult:

cope

Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:

manage

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