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Word: Hack
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English, probably reflecting an unattested Old English verb haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken
hak
cut with rough or heavy blows
Short Definition:cut roughly
Examples:- hack off the dead branches
- they hacked a path through the wooded mountains
- men hack at the coalface
gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer
Short Definition:gain unauthorized computer access to data
Examples:- they hacked into the bank's computer
- someone hacked his computer from another location
cough persistently
Short Definition:cough persistently
Examples:- I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours
manage; cope
Short Definition:cope
Examples:- lots of people leave because they can't hack it
Word: Hack
Speech Type: Noun
hak
a rough cut, blow, or stroke
Short Definition:rough cut or blow
Examples:- he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him
an act of computer hacking
Short Definition:act of computer hacking
Examples:- the challenge of the hack itself
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