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hackering

hackering is the present participle and gerund of hacker.

Meaning of hacker

Verb

hacker (third-person singular simple present hackers, present participle hackering, simple past and past participle hackered)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.
    • The interrupting of the Miniſter by the Clark, and the vvhole congregation, vvhen he readeth the Pſalms, by taking every other verſe out of his mouth, vvith an hackering confuſed noiſe, eſpecially in countrey Churches, vvhere the people cannot read vvell.1642, Lewes Hughes, “The Errors and Ungodliness of the Service Displaid and Laid Open, by Way of a Dialogue between a Countrey Gentleman, and a Minister of Gods Word”, in Certain Grievances, or The...

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Questions about hackering

What is hackering the present participle and gerund of?
Hackering is the present participle and gerund of hacker.

Words near hackering in the dictionary

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

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