hacked

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
   • They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
2. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
   • Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
3. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
   • I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

   Synonyms:

   frob, tweak, kludge, bodge

4. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
   • He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
5. (slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
   • I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
6. (broadly, colloquial, transitive) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
   • I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.

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