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hack around

hack around verb: to be idle; to waste time; to socialize.

Verb

hack around (third-person singular simple present hacks around, present participle hacking around, simple past and past participle hacked around)

  1. (US, intransitive) To be idle; to waste time; to socialize.
    • “Gosh! Just think, maybe we walked over him a couple of times when we were hacking around in the woods. Gives you a spooky feeling, doesn’t it?”1971, Jay Williams, chapter 5, in The Hawkstone, page 45
    • When Mom and Dad went back to work, I was mostly home alone again after school. Willy came over a lot and we just hacked around doing stuff—playing video games or tossing the football out back.1993, David Boyd, Looking for a Hero, page 96
    Synonyms:
    hack about

Synonyms of hack around

Forms of hack around

third-person singular presenthacks around
present participlehacking around
past participlehacked around
pasthacked around

Questions about hack around

What does hack around mean?
Hack around means to be idle; to waste time; to socialize.
What part of speech is hack around?
Hack around is a verb.
What is the past tense of hack around?
The past tense of hack around is hacked around.

Words near hack around in the dictionary

  1. Hacikyans
  2. hack
  3. hack about
  4. hack and slasher
  5. hack and slashers
  6. hack around
  7. hack away
  8. hack cab
  9. hack cabs
  10. hack chaise
  11. hack chaises

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