hack
noun
- unprofessional person
- unconventional solution
- useful modification
verb
- to make a useful modification of a system
- solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system
- remove pieces
- cough
- succeed, manage
- trick or shortcut
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /hæk/
intj
Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps imitative; compare hock, hawk. Alternatively, perhaps from hack (“chop; do something difficult”) via the idea of doing something (like breathing) or with difficulty.
- An onomatopoeia for coughing.
“Haaaack... Oooooooog... A-CHOO! That was terrible.. I gotta get in shape...”
name
Etymology: * As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. * Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from hach, hack (“boggy water”). * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Acke with a prosthetic H-, itself of North Germanic origin and a pet form of Old Norse Áskell, see Haskell. * Also as an English surname, from Middle Dutch Hakke, denasalized from Hanke, a West Flemish and Picard form of John. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English adjective hak (“ruthless, unsparing”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish האַק (hak, “axe”).
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From hackysack.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
verb
Etymology: From hackysack.
- To play hackeysack.