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hack up

hack up verb: to dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).
  2. (transitive) To cough up; to violently cough, vomit or eject a hairball.
  3. (transitive) To create (something); to hack (something) together.
  4. (transitive) To quickly and simply create (a piece of code).

Forms of hack up

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

Questions about hack up

What does hack up mean?
Hack up means to dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).
What part of speech is hack up?
Hack up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hack up?
The past tense of hack up is hacked up.

Words near hack up in the dictionary

  1. hack off
  2. hack saw
  3. hack saws
  4. hack squat
  5. hack squats
  6. hack up
  7. hack-and-slash
  8. hack-and-slasher
  9. hack-and-slashers
  10. hack-and-slay
  11. hack-iron

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