In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HACKING
Etymology 1
Adjective
hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking)
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
Usage notes
Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.
Verb
hacking
present participle of hack
Etymology 2
Noun
hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly, American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
Anagrams
• ka-ching, kaching
Proper noun
Hacking (plural Hackings)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hacking is the 32396th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 710 individuals. Hacking is most common among White (93.66%) individuals.
Anagrams
• ka-ching, kaching
Source: Wiktionary
HACK
Hack, n. Etym: [See Hatch a half door.]
1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] Etym: [OE. hakken; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post. My sword hacked like a handsaw. Shak.
2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
Hack, v. i.
Definition: To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
Hack, n.
1. A notch; a cut. Shak.
2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.
4. (Football)
Definition: A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
Hack, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.
3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.
4. A procuress.
Hack, a.
Definition: Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.
Hack, v. t.
1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.
Hack, v. i.
1. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer.
2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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