Antonyms for hacking


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hak-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk ɪŋ


Definition of hacking

Origin :
  • "to cut roughly, cut with chopping blows," c.1200, from verb found in stem of Old English tohaccian "hack to pieces," from West Germanic *hakkon (cf. Old Frisian hackia "to chop or hack," Dutch hakken, Old High German hacchon, German hacken), from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth." Perhaps influenced by Old Norse höggva "to hack, hew" (cf. hacksaw). Slang sense of "cope with" (such as in can't hack it) is first recorded in American English 1955, with a sense of "get through by some effort," as a jungle (cf. phrase hack after "keep working away at" attested from late 14c.). Related: Hacked; hacking.
  • As in maim : verb cripple, put out of action
  • As in mangle : verb mutilate, deform
  • As in mince : verb chop up
  • As in mutilate : verb maim, damage
  • As in peeve : verb bother, annoy
  • As in rip : verb tear, cut
  • As in slash : verb cut
  • As in slash : verb reduce greatly
  • As in slice : verb cut into portions, shares
  • As in split : verb break up, pull apart
  • As in take : verb endure
  • As in hew : verb cut
  • As in carve : verb cut carefully with sharp instrument
  • As in chip : verb knock a piece out of
  • As in chop : verb cut up with tool
  • As in cleave : verb divide, split
  • As in cope : verb manage, contend
  • As in cough : verb expelling air with sound
  • As in cut : verb sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
  • As in aggravate : verb annoy
  • As in enrage : verb make very upset
  • As in fell : verb chop down
Example sentences :
  • It must be the rotgut from l'Assommoir that was hacking away inside him.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • A sparrow in the garden was hacking the air with its monotonous chirp.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • "That's it—keep at it," a dry, hacking voice kept going in Peer's head.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • "I'd rather not if I could avoid It," replied a thin fellow, with a hacking cough.
  • Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"
  • No amount of hacking work can take away the eloquence of this phrasing.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • Friends noted with concern his thinness and a hacking cough.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • In a moment more the agonising, hacking, rending cough came on.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • Far into the twilight the sound of hacking was heard from the squatting-places.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells
  • Jim was kneeling on the ground, hacking with his jack-knife at the earth.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • Sir Robert's own sword rose and fell, cutting and hacking at the enemy.
  • Extract from : « ...After a Few Words... » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Synonyms for hacking

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