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hackstress

hackstress noun: a female hacker.

Noun

hackstress (plural hackstresses)

  1. (informal, rare) A female hacker.
    • The tableau of a prominent Scandinavian family being rent apart by suppressed secrets seems lifted from Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish Dogme 95 gem The Celebration (1998) (the secrets are the usual suspects—incest, sex murders, Nazism); the multiply pierced, coldly violent hackstress is a dead ringer...2010 March 13, Andrew Hultkrans, “Nordic Track Andrew Hultkrans on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, in Artforum, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2025
    • My good friend, former colleague, and co-foodie has invited me to share a hack on her blog, so thanks! As our Hackstress has noticed from my tendency to bring Italian baked goods into the office, I like to cook European sweets. And as she has probably also noticed from the fact that said sweets...2011 May 2, Carmella, “Cocomisu: or the bastardisation of Italian desserts”, in WordPress, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2025

Examples of hackstress in a sentence

  • As our Hackstress has noticed from my tendency to bring Italian baked goods into the office, I like to cook European sweets.2011 May 2, Carmella, “Cocomisu: or the bastardisation of Italian desserts”, in WordPress, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2025:
  • A new Supernatural episode with geek hackstress Charlie (Felicia Day)! ---2013 April 24, Bill Frost, “Supernatural: Meet the New Hunter?”, in CityWeekly.net, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2025:

Forms of hackstress

pluralhackstresses

Origin of hackstress

From hackster + -ess.

Questions about hackstress

What does hackstress mean?
Hackstress means a female hacker.
How do you use hackstress in a sentence?
As our Hackstress has noticed from my tendency to bring Italian baked goods into the office, I like to cook European sweets.
What part of speech is hackstress?
Hackstress is a noun.
What is the plural of hackstress?
The plural of hackstress is hackstresses.

Words near hackstress in the dictionary

  1. hacksilver
  2. hackspace
  3. hackspaces
  4. hackster
  5. hacksters
  6. hackstress
  7. hackstresses
  8. Hackthorpe
  9. hacktivism
  10. hacktivist
  11. hacktivistic

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