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megahack

megahack noun: a writer who is very much a hack.

Noun

megahack (plural megahacks)

  1. A writer who is very much a hack.
    • And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion.1999, Joe Queenan, Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon, →ISBN
  2. A massive hack of a computer system.
    • The megahack is widely considered to have been initiated by North Korea, upset at the portrayal of Kim Jong-un in Sony’s then-imminent comedy The Interview.2015 July 10, Graeme Virtue, “Friday’s best TV”, in The Guardian
  3. A large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.
    • As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany.1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center

Forms of megahack

pluralmegahacks

Origin of megahack

From mega- + hack.

Questions about megahack

What does megahack mean?
Megahack means a writer who is very much a hack.
What part of speech is megahack?
Megahack is a noun.
What is the plural of megahack?
The plural of megahack is megahacks.

Words near megahack in the dictionary

  1. megagroup
  2. megagroups
  3. megagrowth
  4. megahabitat
  5. megahabitats
  6. megahack
  7. megahacks
  8. megahash
  9. megahashes
  10. megahenry
  11. megaherb

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