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comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky. quotations examples
“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.”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins
present participle and gerund of hack examples
usually uncountable, plural hackings
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system. examples
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker. examples
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins. examples
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand. examples
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback. examples
(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.