Hacking

Full definition of hacking

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.A more hacking and harrowing cough I have never heard.Anise will diminish the most hacking cough to where it is no longer irritating.

Wodehouse Offing|XX|â€œSo now everything's fine.â€ I uttered a hacking laugh. â€œNo,â€ I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. â€œI have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.â€

Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.

(uncountable)

(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.From hacker: "A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular." — RFC 1392
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback. (Plural hackings.)
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

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