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hacked around

hacked around is the simple past and past participle of hack around.

Meaning of hack around

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
    Synonyms:
    hack about

Questions about hacked around

What is hacked around the simple past and past participle of?
Hacked around is the simple past and past participle of hack around.

Words near hacked around in the dictionary

  1. hackbutters
  2. hackday
  3. hackdays
  4. hackdom
  5. hacked
  6. hacked around
  7. hacked away
  8. hacked it
  9. hacked off
  10. hacked up
  11. hackee

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