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   hack

   /hak/

   verb

   • 1. cut with rough or heavy blows: "hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground" Similar cutchophewlopsawslash
   • ▪ kick wildly or roughly: "he had to race from his line to hack the ball into the stand"
   • 2. gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer: "they hacked into the bank's computer"
   • ▪ program quickly and roughly.
   • 3. cough persistently: "I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours"
   • 4. manage; cope: informal "lots of people leave because they can't hack it"

   noun

   • 1. a rough cut, blow, or stroke: "he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him"
   • ▪ (in sport) a kick or a stroke with a stick inflicted on another player.
   • ▪ a notch cut in the ice, or a peg inserted, to steady the foot when delivering a stone in curling.
   • ▪ a tool for rough striking or cutting, e.g. a mattock or a miner's pick.
   • ▪ a gash or wound. archaic
   • 2. an act of computer hacking: informal "the challenge of the hack itself"
   • ▪ a piece of computer code providing a quick or inelegant solution to a particular problem: "this hack doesn't work on machines that have a firewall"
   • ▪ a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently: "another hack that will save time is to cover your side mirrors with a plastic bag when freezing rain is forecast"

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

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

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