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hackeries

hackeries is the plural of hackery.

Meaning of hackery

Noun (1)

hackery (plural hackeries)

  1. (India) A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
    • Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas.1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019
  2. (India, Sri-Lanka) A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.

Noun (2)

hackery (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
  2. (slang) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
    • All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.2012, Seymour Bosworth, M. E. Kabay, Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook, page 57

Questions about hackeries

What is hackeries the plural of?
Hackeries is the plural of hackery.

Words near hackeries in the dictionary

  1. Hackenthorpe
  2. hacker
  3. hackerazzi
  4. hackerdom
  5. hackered
  6. hackeries
  7. hackering
  8. hackerish
  9. hackerism
  10. hackerproof
  11. hackerproofed

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