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As a noun hack

is hedge.

hack

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
    • They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.
  • To cough noisily.
    • This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking .
  • To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
    • Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
  • (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.
  • (transitive, slang, computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
    • When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked .
  • (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
    • He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
  • (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
    • I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.
  • (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
    • I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.
  • To work with on an intimately technical level.
    • I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
  • (ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
    • He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.
  • (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
    • There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.
  • (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
    • He went to the batter's box hacking .
  • To strike in a frantic movement.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from hack) * hack down * hack in * , hackingly, hacky * hack into * hack up * hackability * hacker
    Synonyms
    * (gain unauthorized access) crack * frob * tweak

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool for chopping.
  • A hacking blow.
  • A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • A dry cough.
  • A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
  • (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
  • (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
  • (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.
  • (computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
  • (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
  • (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
  • (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
  • (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
    • Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack .
  • (slang, military) Time check.
  • (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
    • He took a few hacks , but the pitcher finally struck him out.
  • A kick on the shins in football.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "hack")
    Synonyms
    * (access attempt) crack * band-aid, contrivance, improvision, improvisation, kludge, makeshift, quick fix, patch
    Related terms
    * marginal hacks

    Etymology 2

    Variations of (hatch), (heck).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
  • A food-rack for cattle.
  • A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
  • A grating in a mill race.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
  • (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

    • Etymology 3

    Abbreviation of , probably from place name Hackney

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired.
  • A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack)
  • * I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.
  • (pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
  • (slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
  • A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.
  • (pejorative) An untalented writer.
  • * Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack .
  • * He's nothing but the typical hack writer.
  • (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
  • (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
  • (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
  • (obsolete) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
  • * Goldsmith
    • Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, / Who long was a bookseller's hack .
  • (obsolete) A procuress.
    • Synonyms
    *(A saddle horse which is old and tired) nag
    Coordinate terms
    *(worthless horse) bum

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
  • To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
  • (obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
    • (Hanmer)
  • (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
    • (Goldsmith)
  • To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
  • To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
  • * J. H. Newman
    • The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.

    Etymology 4

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play hackeysack.

    • bridge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bridg (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) brigge, from (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) briggen, from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges , hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
  • # (senseid)(label) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
  • # (label) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
  • # (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
  • An arch or superstructure.
  • # (label) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
  • # (label) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
  • # A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
  • # A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
  • # Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
  • # (label) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
  • A connection, real or abstract.
  • # (label) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
  • # (label) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
  • # (label) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
  • # (label) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
  • # (label) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
  • # (label) A song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody.
  • # (label) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
  • # (label) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
  • # (label) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
  • (label) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
  • A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
  • A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
    • Derived terms
    * Bailey bridge * bridge loan * bridge mount * bridge the gap * bridge over troubled waters * cross that bridge when one comes to it * drawbridge * footbridge * ice bridge * Kelvin bridge * land bridge * low bridge * Maryland bridge * Schering bridge * suspension bridge * swing bridge, swingbridge * water under the bridge * Wheatstone bridge * Wien bridge

    Verb

    (bridg)
  • To be or make a bridge over something.
    • With enough cable, we can bridge this gorge.
  • To span as if with a bridge.
    • The two groups were able to bridge their differences.
  • (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
    • We need to bridge that jam into "The Eleven".
  • (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
  • (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.

    • Etymology 2

    Name of an older card game biritch , probably (etyl) , "one-three". "bridge." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online) "bridge." Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
    • Bidding is an essential element of the game bridge .

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