Gacking vs Hacking - What's the difference?
gacking | hacking |
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.
As verbs the difference between gacking and hacking
is that gacking is while hacking is .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.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