hacked

/hækt/ · verb

Meaning

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
To cough noisily.
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
To accomplish a difficult programming task.
To work with something on an intimately technical level.
To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
To play hackeysack.

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