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hack

verb

/hæk/

Meaning

to cut or chop roughly; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system

The programmer managed to hack into the system.

hack it

chop, cut, slash, break into, breach

build, secure, protect

hack into a system, hack code, hack solution, life hack

to connect or link things together; to spend time with someone

to forcibly pull something from a person's grasp; to seize with effort or struggle

to make a written copy of spoken words or notes

to put something or oneself out of sight; to conceal

to collect or gather slowly and bit by bit, especially information or crops left after harvest

to read something carefully and thoroughly; sometimes used to mean to browse casually