hacking

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhækɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ækɪŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack +‎ -ing. ==== Adjective ==== hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky. A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry. ===== Usage notes ===== Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hacking present participle and gerund of hack === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings) (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. Coordinate term: 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. (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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === pirate === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hacking”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 416 “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary, Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405 “hacking” at Wordnik === Anagrams === ka-ching, kaching == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hacking m (plural hackings) hacking == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxakin/ [ˈxa.kĩn] Rhymes: -akin Syllabification: hac‧king === Noun === hacking m (uncountable) (computing) hacking