HACK

.hack

.hack is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects; Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Both projects were primarily created/developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai. The series is mainly followed through the anime and video game installations, and has been adapted through manga, novels and other related media.

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Hack

Hack within the activity of equestrianism commonly refers to one of two things: as a verb, it describes the act of riding a horse for light exercise, and as a noun, it is a type of horse used for riding out at ordinary speeds over roads and trails. The term is sometimes used to describe certain types of exhibition or horse show classes where quality and good manners of the horse are particularly important.

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hack

Noun

  1. A tool for chopping.
  2. A hacking blow.
  3. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
  4. A dry cough.
  5. A try, an attempt.
  6. The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
  7. A mattock or a miner's pick.
  8. An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
  9. An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
  10. A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
  11. An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
  12. Time check.
  13. A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
    He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.
  14. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
  15. A kick on the shins in football.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
  2. A food-rack for cattle.
  3. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
  4. A grating in a mill race.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired.
  2. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack)
  3. Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
  4. A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
  5. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
  6. An untalented writer.
  7. One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
  8. A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
  9. A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
  10. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
  11. A procuress.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.

Verb

  1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
    They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
  2. To cough noisily.
    This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.
  3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
    Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
  4. To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.
  5. By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
    When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.
  6. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
    He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
  7. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.
    I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.
  8. To work on an intimately technical level.
    I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
  9. To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
    He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.
  10. To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
    There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.
  11. To swing at a pitched ball.
    He went to the batter's box hacking.
  12. To strike in a frantic movement.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
  2. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
  2. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
  3. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
  4. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
  5. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
  6. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Verb (etymology 4)

  1. To play hackeysack.


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