hacking
noun
[ ˈhakɪŋ ]
• the gaining of unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
• "outlawing hacking has not stopped it"
hack
verb
• cut with rough or heavy blows.
• "hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground"
• gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
• "they hacked into the bank's computer"
• cough persistently.
• "I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours"
• manage; cope.
• "lots of people leave because they can't hack it"
Similar:
cope,
manage,
get on,
get along,
get by,
carry on,
muddle through,
muddle along,
come through,
stand on one's own two feet,
weather the storm,
stand it,
tolerate it,
bear it,
endure it,
put up with it,
thole it,
make out,
handle it,
abide it,
stick it,
rub along,
be doing with it,
Origin:
Old English haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken .
hack
verb
• ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.
• "the two riders hacked along the trail through the woods"
Origin:
Middle English (in hack2 (sense 2 of the noun)): abbreviation of hackney. hack2 (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the late 17th century.
