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hacks around

hacks around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hacks around

What is hacks around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hacks around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hack around.

Words near hacks around in the dictionary

  1. hackproof
  2. hackproofed
  3. hackproofing
  4. hackproofs
  5. hacks
  6. hacks around
  7. hacks away
  8. Hacks Ferry
  9. hacks it
  10. hacks off
  11. hacks up

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