Slashing vs. Hacking
Slashing and Hacking Definitions
Slashing
Bitingly critical or satiric
Slashing wit.
Hacking
To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows
Hacked down the saplings.
Slashing
Dashing; pelting
A slashing hailstorm.
Hacking
To make or shape by hitting or chopping with a sharp implement
Hacked a trail through the forest.
Slashing
Brilliant; intense
Slashing colors.
Hacking
To break up the surface of (soil).
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Slashing
The act of swinging a stick at an opponent in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.
Hacking
To alter (a computer program)
Hacked her text editor to read HTML.
Slashing
Present participle of slash
Hacking
To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization
Hacked the firm's personnel database.
Slashing
The action of something that slashes.
The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.
Hacking
(Slang) To cut or mutilate as if by hacking
Hacked millions off the budget.
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Slashing
Slash woody debris
Hacking
(Slang) To cope with successfully; manage
Couldn't hack a second job.
Slashing
Powerfully excellent.
Hacking
To chop or cut something by hacking.
Slashing
As if striking with slashing blows;
His slashing demon-ridden cadenza
Hacking
To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
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Hacking
To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network
Hacked into the company's intranet.
Hacking
To cough roughly or harshly.
Hacking
To let out (a horse) for hire.
Hacking
To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
Hacking
To drive a taxicab for a living.
Hacking
To work for hire as a writer.
Hacking
To ride on horseback at an ordinary pace.
Hacking
A rough, irregular cut made by hacking.
Hacking
A tool, such as a hoe, used for hacking.
Hacking
A blow made by hacking.
Hacking
An attempt to hit a baseball; a swing of the bat.
Hacking
An instance of gaining unauthorized access to a computer file or network.
Hacking
A program that makes use of existing often proprietary software, adding new features to it.
Hacking
A clever modification or improvement.
Hacking
A rough, dry cough.
Hacking
A horse used for riding or driving; a hackney.
Hacking
A worn-out horse for hire; a jade.
Hacking
One who undertakes unpleasant or distasteful tasks for money or reward; a hireling.
Hacking
A writer hired to produce routine or commercial writing.
Hacking
A carriage or hackney for hire.
Hacking
A taxicab.
Hacking
See hackie.
Hacking
By, characteristic of, or designating routine or commercial writing
Hack prose.
Hacking
Hackneyed; banal.
Hacking
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.
Hacking
Present participle of hack
Hacking
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
Hacking
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
Hacking
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
Hacking
A kick in the shins.
Hacking
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
Hacking
A riding or journey on horseback.
Hacking
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
Hacking
The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
Hacking
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.
Hacking
The piling of bricks for drying.
