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hack
noun- a journalist, a reporter UK, 1810
- [O]ne of the few hacks to sue and to have been sued[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 70, 1991
- [W]e want a proper writer to do our story. Not some twopenny-halfpenny hack. — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 110, 2001
- a prison guard US, 1914
- The boy sneered. “It’s the goddamn hack.” — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 224, 1960
- He killed a hack, and they had to send him to Materwann. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 370, 1965
- “Just put one blanket down and cover yourself with the other,” said the hack who led me in. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 243, 1967
- The van went through the gates manned by rock-faced “hacks” carrying scoped, high-powered rifles. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 49, 1969
- At that moment the hack motioned for me to leave, so I told Willie I had to split. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, pp. 62–63, 1973
- He smelled up the joint something awful and the hacks used to die. — Goodfellas, 1990
- a solution to a computer problem; an impressive and demanding piece of computer work US
- HACK: 1) something done without construction end. — The First Edition of The Model Railroad Club Dictionary (MIT), 1959
- — Co-Evolution Quarterly, p. 31, Spring 1981: “Computer slang”
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 189, 1991
- [A] palindromic music composition was considered a good hack (thus making Haydn, with his Palindrome Symphony, an honorary hacker). — Katie Hafner and John Markoff, quoted in Wired Style, p. 70, 1996
- in computing, a quick, often temporary, fix of a problem US
- — Guy L. Steele et al., The Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 75, 1983
- a single act of unlawfully invading and exploring another’s computer system by remote means US, 1983
- Any serious hack will involve some preparatory research long before the hacker sets foot near a computer. — The Knightmare, Secrets of a Super Hacker, p. 19, 1994
- The information was the trophy–the proof of the hack. — Kevin Mitnick, The Secret History of Hacking, 22 July 2001
- an opportunist UK
Used at Oxford University. - Someone who seeks to make his way by joining all the right groups, attending the best parties, and being elected or appointed to the most prestigious post. In short he is what I would call a chancer. — The Guardian, 23 April 1980
- a taxi US, 1928
- We took a bath together and after we were done I called a hack to take Satin to her gig. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 110, 1973
- Billy Ray was still waiting to get discovered, driving a hack meanwhile, when he wasn’t trying to get an angle on girls in thin dresses standing at bus stops with the sun behind them. — Robert Campbell, Juice, p. 3, 1988
- a hot rod US
- — Good Housekeeping, p. 143, September 1958: “Hot-rod terms for teen-age girls”
- a brakevan (caboose) US, 1916
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 264, 1946
- a game of Hacky Sack US
- — Anna Scotti and Paul Young, Buzzwords, p. 65, 1997
▶ in hack
confined to quarters US- To say that ten days in hack was considered a reward of almost unbearable loveliness is not to exaggerate. — Thomas Heggen, Mister Roberts, p. 114, 1946
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