hack
/hæk/verb
उच्चारण हैक
हैक करना, (कंप्यूटर या खाते में) अवैध रूप से घुसना
Core word
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[I/T] ~ (into sth)
to secretly find a way of getting into somebody else's computer system or account in order to look at, change or steal information
हैक करना, (कंप्यूटर या खाते में) अवैध रूप से घुसना
- Someone hacked into the bank's computer system.
- Her email account was hacked last week.
- Hackers tried to hack into the company's servers.
+ 2 more examples
- The students' accounts were hacked last night.
- He hacked the system to read private messages.
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[I/T]
to cut somebody or something with rough heavy blows
(बेरहमी से) काटना, काट डालना
- He hacked at the thick branches with an axe.
- They hacked their way through the jungle.
- Workers hacked down the dead tree with axes.
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- She hacked off a large piece of bread.
- The villagers hacked a path through the thick grass.
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[T] informal
(used in negative sentences and questions with can or could) to be able to deal with a difficult situation
(कठिन स्थिति को) झेल पाना, संभाल पाना
- He couldn't hack the pressure of the job and resigned.
- I can't hack early mornings, so I schedule my classes for noon.
- I can't hack this heat any longer.
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- She couldn't hack the long hours and left the job.
- Can you hack it as a team captain?
Synonyms cope with manage
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[C] disapproving
a writer, especially a journalist, who does a lot of low-quality work and does not get paid much
घटिया या भाड़े का लेखक, (विशेषकर) पत्रकार
- The article was written by some hack who had never visited the village.
- The editor dismissed the article as the work of a hack.
- The newspaper was full of articles by political hacks.
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- He refused to be a hack who wrote whatever the owner wanted.
- Critics called him a hack because of his poor-quality novels.
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[C] informal
a quick and clever way of doing or solving something, especially one that saves time
आसान जुगाड़, (काम करने का) चतुर तरीका
- Here is a simple hack for remembering spelling rules.
- Here is a handy hack to keep your charger cable from breaking.
- This life hack saves you ten minutes every morning.
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- He shared a hack for peeling garlic quickly.
- A clever hack lets you use one charger for two phones.
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[C]
an act of secretly getting into a computer system
(कंप्यूटर सिस्टम में) अवैध घुसपैठ, हैक
- The hack exposed the personal details of millions of users.
- A hack on the university's server delayed the results.
- Experts are investigating the hack that caused the outage.
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- The company announced a major hack on its customers' data.
- After the hack, all passwords were reset.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
hack into + system or account
To hack into a system is to enter it without permission. Hack alone can also take the system as the object.
'Hack into' का अर्थ बिना अनुमति किसी system में घुसना है; 'hack' सीधे object के साथ भी आता है।
- Someone tried to hack into the bank's server.
- Hackers hacked the company's website.
hack at / hack through / hack down
Hack at means to cut with rough blows; hack through a thick area; hack down a tree.
'Hack at' का अर्थ भारी चोटों से काटना है; 'hack through' घने क्षेत्र को काटना; 'hack down' पेड़ गिराना।
- They hacked through the jungle with long knives.
- The farmer hacked down the dead tree.
can't hack it (informal)
Used in negatives, it means cannot cope with a hard situation.
नकारात्मक वाक्यों में इसका अर्थ कठिन परिस्थिति को न झेल पाना है।
- He left the job because he couldn't hack the pressure.
hack (noun) and life hack
A hack is also a low-quality writer, a horse for hire, or a clever trick (life hack).
Hack संज्ञा के रूप में निम्न स्तर का लेखक, किराये का घोड़ा या चतुर तरकीब (life hack) भी हो सकता है।
- Here is a study hack: revise before you sleep.
+Collocations 5
hack + object
a websitean accounta phonea networka servera password
- Hackers hacked thousands of accounts last month.
adverb + hack
illegallyremotelyrepeatedlyeasilyruthlessly
- The files were remotely hacked within minutes.
hack + preposition
intoatthroughdownoffaway
- He hacked off the branch with an axe.
noun: type of hack
life hackstudy hacksecurity hackdata hackgrowth hack
- Her best study hack is to explain a topic aloud.
hack + person
hack writernewspaper hackpolitical hackhack driver
- The critic dismissed him as a hack writer.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's email account was hacked last night.
राधिका का ईमेल खाता बीती रात हैक हो गया।
- Workers hacked a path through the thick bushes.
मज़दूरों ने घनी झाड़ियों के बीच से रास्ता काटकर बनाया।
- I can't hack this heat any longer.
मैं यह गर्मी और नहीं सह सकता।
- The police arrested a student for hacking into the exam portal.
पुलिस ने परीक्षा पोर्टल में हैकिंग करने के लिए एक छात्र को गिरफ़्तार किया।
- He shared a simple time-management hack with the class.
उसने कक्षा के साथ समय-प्रबंधन की एक आसान तरकीब साझा की।
- The old hack of the newspaper wrote the same story every week.
अख़बार का पुराना घटिया लेखक हर सप्ताह वही कहानी लिखता था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Hackers hacked to the bank's server.
✓ Hackers hacked into the bank's server.
The preposition after hack for entering a system is into, not to.
सिस्टम में घुसने के अर्थ में 'hack' के बाद 'into' आता है, 'to' नहीं।
✗ She couldn't hack to the pressure of the exam.
✓ She couldn't hack the pressure of the exam.
In this sense hack takes a direct object and no preposition.
इस अर्थ में 'hack' का सीधा object आता है और preposition नहीं लगता।
¶Idioms 1
can't hack it
to not be able to deal with a difficult situation or job
(कठिन काम या स्थिति) न संभाल पाना
- Some new recruits just can't hack it and leave within a month.
- The coach said he was worried that I couldn't hack it.
→Phrasal verbs 1
hack somebody off
(British, informal) to annoy somebody
किसी को चिढ़ाना, परेशान करना
- It really hacks me off when people jump the queue.
- What hacked him off was the delay in the result.