hacks off

Verb

hack off (third-person singular simple present hacks off, present participle hacking off, simple past and past participle hacked off)

1. (transitive) To remove by hacking; to cut off.
   • It was one of them, for example, which provoked Lieutenant Maynard to hack off Blackbeard's head, and to spear it upon the end of his bowsprit. But, as a rule, the pirate ruffled and bullied and drabbed without let or hindrance, until it was time for him to go back to his ship once more.1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock

   Synonyms:

   cut off, slice off

2. (transitive) To annoy.

   Synonyms:

   annoy