Hacking Definition

adjective

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.
A more hacking and harrowing cough I have never heard.
Anise will diminish the most hacking cough to where it is no longer irritating.
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noun
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
From hacker: "A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular." "” RFC 1392
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(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.

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(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.

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(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.

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(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
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verb

Present participle of hack.

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Noun

Singular:
Hacking
Plural:
hackings

Hacking Sentence Examples

  • She took a hacking swing at the grass.

  • I had to get her training in hacking fed systems.

  • She'd been safe for ten days on her own; maybe hacking into the fed system to change her profile was enough to draw the attention of someone working for General Greene.

  • Taran glared back and dispatched his attackers before hacking down the man between them.

  • Deidre helped him lift the hacking girl into a sitting position.

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