Past tense of hack
regular verb
The past tense of hack is hacked. The past participle is also hacked.
Forms of hack
| Base form (V1) | hack /hæk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hacked /hækt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hacked /hækt/ |
| Present participle | hacking /ˈhækɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hacks /hæks/ |
Hacked in a sentence
- They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
- Scenes that contain more flesh or affection than they find savoury are simply hacked out of the film before it is released.1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8...
- Some madlad hacked the school website to give everyone an extra day off.From the entry madlad
- Their account was hacked too? Welp, another one bites the dust.From the entry another one bites the dust
- She hacked and slashed her way across the jungle.From the entry slash
Meaning of hack
- verb To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- verb To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- verb To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
Questions about the past tense of hack
- What is the past tense of hack?
- The past tense of hack is hacked.
- What is the past participle of hack?
- The past participle of hack is hacked.
- Is hack a regular or irregular verb?
- Hack is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hack (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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