hacking
See also: Hacking
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack + -ing.
Adjective
hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking)
- Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
- A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- “So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”
Usage notes
Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.
Derived terms
Translations
short and interrupted, broken, jerky
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Verb
hacking
- present participle and gerund of hack
Etymology 2
From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack + -ing.
Noun
hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)
- (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
- (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
- (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
- (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
- (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
- (UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
- (obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
- (obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
- (obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
- (obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
Derived terms
Translations
playful solving of technical work
unauthorized attempts to bypass the IT security mechanisms
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See also
References
- “hacking”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 416
- “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary, Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405
- “hacking” at Wordnik
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Noun
hacking m (plural hackings)
Spanish
Noun
hacking m (uncountable)
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