Hacking vs Dry - What's the difference?
hacking | dry |
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
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(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. (Plural hackings.)
(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.
Free from liquid or moisture.
* Addison
* Prescott
(chemistry) Free of water in any state; anhydrous.
Thirsty; needing drink.
* (William Shakespeare)
(of an alcoholic beverage) Lacking sugar or low in sugar; not sweet.
Maintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.
(of a person or joke) Subtly humorous, yet without mirth.
* (Washington Irving)
(of a scientist or his laboratory) Not working with chemical or biological matter, but, rather, doing computations.
(masonry) Built without mortar; dry-stone.
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(of animals) Not giving milk.
Lacking interest or amusement; barren; unembellished.
* (Alexander Pope)
(fine arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or lacking delicate contours and soft transitions of colour.
To lose moisture.
To remove moisture from.
(ambitransitive, figurative) To cease or cause to cease.
In computing|lang=en terms the difference between hacking and dry
is that hacking is (computing) unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network see also cracker while dry is (computing).As an adjective hacking
is short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.As a noun hacking
is (computing) playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.As a verb hacking
is .As an acronym dry is
(computing).hacking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Usage notes
Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.Derived terms
* hacking cough * hackinglyNoun
(-)- 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
Derived terms
* hacking coat, hacking jacket, hacking-seat * hacking runVerb
(head)Anagrams
*See also
*pirateReferences
* (Vol. IV, p. 2675–2676; supplement Vol. XI, p. 559) * “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 416 * “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary , Wordsworth, 2007, p.405* “
hacking” at Wordnik
dry
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) drye, drie, dri, drige, dryge, . See also (l), (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season.
- Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly.
- Give the dry fool drink.
- He was rather a dry , shrewd kind of body.
- These epistles will become less dry , more susceptible of ornament.
Synonyms
* (free from liquid or moisture) arid, parchedAntonyms
* (free from liquid or moisture) wet * (abstinent from alcohol) wet * wetDerived terms
* bone dry * dry as a bone * dry as a dead dingo’s donger * dry cough * dry hole * dry ice * drily * dry run * dryly * dryness * dry spell * drywall * dry weight * like watching paint dryEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
- The clothes dried on the line.
- Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
- Their sources of income dried up.
- The stream of chatter dried up.