verb
- to cut or chop roughly with heavy blows
- to gain unauthorized access to a computer system
- to cope with or manage something successfully
Usage: informal
noun
- a rough cut or notch
- a person who gains unauthorized access to computer systems
- a writer who produces low-quality work for money
Usage: informal
Examples
- She used an axe to hack through the thick branches.
- Someone tried to hack into the company’s database.
- I don’t think I can hack this difficult course.
- There was a deep hack in the tree trunk.
- The hacker was arrested for stealing personal information.
- He’s just a hack who writes cheap romance novels.
- This cleaning hack will save you hours of work.