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hacking up

hacking up is the present participle and gerund of hack up.

Meaning of hack up

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).

Questions about hacking up

What is hacking up the present participle and gerund of?
Hacking up is the present participle and gerund of hack up.

Words near hacking up in the dictionary

  1. hacking coughs
  2. hacking it
  3. hacking off
  4. hacking run
  5. hacking runs
  6. hacking up
  7. Hackingian
  8. hackingly
  9. hackings
  10. Hackington
  11. Hackintosh

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