hacky
English
adj
Definitions
- Like a hack; amateurish.
- (Geordie) Filthy or totally dirty.
- (computing) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
- (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
Etymology
Suffix from English hack (untalented writer, taxicab, cut, pejorative).
Origin
English
hack
Gloss
untalented writer, taxicab, cut, pejorative
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hackgate English
- apahack English
- hack English
- hackability English
- hackable English
- hackathon English
- hackday English
- hackdom English
- hacker English
- hackette English
- hackfest English
- hackie English
- hackily English
- hacking English
- hackish English
- hackle English
- hackman English
- hackproof English
- hacksaw English
- hackspace English
- hackster English
- hackwork English
- haggle English
- letterhack English
- lifehack English
- maphack English
- megahack English
- nuthack English
- outhack English
- wallhack English
- hack Dutch, Flemish
- hacken Dutch, Flemish
- hacken Middle English
- hacke Danish
- häkkima Estonian