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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.

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