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Hay vs Hax - What's the difference?

hay | hax |

As nouns the difference between hay and hax

is that hay is grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder while hax is hacks, hacking, or something done by a hacker.

As a verb hay

is to cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

hay

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

  • (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  • * Camden
    • Make hay while the sun shines.
  • * C. L. Flint
    • Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
  • (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  • (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
  • * 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
    • I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
  • A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
    • (Rowe)
  • (obsolete) A hedge.
  • (obsolete) A circular country dance.
    • to dance the hay
    Derived terms
    * hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shines
    External links
    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
  • To lay snares for rabbits.
    • (Huloet)

    Related terms

    * bale * straw

    References

    Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay

    Etymology 2

    : From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay'' and ''gay''. The expected form in English if the ''h'' had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", ''h? .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * aitch, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    hax

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, computing) hacks, hacking, or something done by a hacker.
    • OMG, hax ! That player just ran through a solid wall.
  • Game deciding luck based events in battles
    • The third critical hit in a row! You only win because of hax !

    References

    * Internet Slang Dictionary: an Authoritative Guide to Understanding Internet Slang and Netspeak , by Ryan Jones, Lulu.com, 2006, page 61 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1JmTUI-rrK4C&pg=PA61&dq=hax+internet&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0yK6Ur16u1wewmNrpcuCxF0jGw0w]