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[1] a person or thing that hacks.
[2] Slang . a person who engages in an activity without talent or skill: weekend hackers on the golf course.
[3] Digital Technology . a person who has a high level of skill in computer technology or programming; a computer expert or enthusiast: My brother is a real hacker—he fixed my laptop in no time. a person who circumvents security and breaks into a network, computer, file, etc., usually with malicious intent: A hacker got into my computer remotely and wiped my hard drive! The company has hired hackers to test system security.
[4] a person, as an artist or writer, who exploits, for money, his or her creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts: As a painter, he was little more than a hack.
[5] a professional who renounces or surrenders individual independence, integrity, belief, etc., in return for money or other reward in the performance of a task normally thought of as involving a strong personal commitment: a political hack.
[6] a writer who works on the staff of a publisher at a dull or routine task; someone who works as a literary drudge: He was one among the many hacks on Grub Street.
[7] British . a horse kept for common hire or adapted for general work, especially ordinary riding. a saddle horse used for transportation, rather than for show, hunting, or the like.
[8] an old or worn-out horse; jade.
[9] a coach or carriage kept for hire; hackney.
[10] Informal . a taxi. Also hackie. a cabdriver.
[11] Slang . a prison guard.
[12] to make a hack of; let out for hire.
[13] to make trite or stale by frequent use; hackney.
[14] Informal . to drive a taxi.
[15] to ride or drive on the road at an ordinary pace, as distinguished from cross-country riding or racing.
[16] British . to rent a horse, especially by the hour.
[17] hired as a hack; of a hired sort: a hack writer; hack work.
[18] hackneyed; trite; banal: hack writing.
[19] a person that hacks
[20] slang a computer fanatic, esp one who through a personal computer breaks into the computer system of a company, government, etc
[21] (when intr, usually foll by at or away ) to cut or chop (at) irregularly, roughly, or violently
[22] to cut and clear (a way, path, etc), as through undergrowth
[23] (in sport, esp rugby) to foul (an opposing player) by kicking or striking his shins
[24] basketball to commit the foul of striking (an opposing player) on the arm
[25] (intr) to cough in short dry spasmodic bursts
[26] (tr) to reduce or cut (a story, article, etc) in a damaging way
[27] to manipulate a computer program skilfully, esp, to gain unauthorized access to another computer system
[28] (tr) slang to tolerate; cope with I joined the army but I couldn't hack it
[29] hack to bits to damage severely his reputation was hacked to bits
[30] a cut, chop, notch, or gash, esp as made by a knife or axe
[31] any tool used for shallow digging, such as a mattock or pick
[32] a chopping blow
[33] a dry spasmodic cough
[34] a kick on the shins, as in rugby
[35] a wound from a sharp kick
[36] a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving
[37] an old, ill-bred, or overworked horse
[38] a horse kept for hire
[39] British a country ride on horseback
[40] a drudge
[41] a person who produces mediocre literary or journalistic work
[42] Also called: hackney US a coach or carriage that is for hire
[43] Also called: hackie US informal a cab driver a taxi
[44] British to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure
[45] (tr) to let (a horse) out for hire
[46] (tr) informal to write (an article) as or in the manner of a hack
[47] (intr) US informal to drive a taxi
[48] (prenominal) banal, mediocre, or unoriginal hack writing
[49] a rack used for fodder for livestock
[50] a board on which meat is placed for a hawk
[51] a pile or row of unfired bricks stacked to dry
[52] to place (fodder) in a hack
[53] to place (bricks) in a hack

Words related to Hacker

operator, technician, programmer

Words nearby Hacker

hackamore, hackathon, hackberry, hackbut, hackensack, hacker, hackery, hackette, hackie, hacking, hacking jacket

Origin of Hacker

2First recorded in 1680–90; short for hackney

Word origin for Hacker

C16: variant of hatch ²

Synonyms for Hacker

operator, technician, programmer, application programmer, computer architect, computer designer, computer jock, key puncher, systems analyst, systems engineer, systems programmer, systems software specialist