Hawk vs. Hack

Hawknoun

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

Hawknoun

Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon

Hawknoun

(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions; a warmonger.

Hawknoun

(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.

Hawknoun

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Hawknoun

A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

Hawkverb

(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.

Hawkverb

(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.

Hawkverb

(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

Hawkverb

To cough up something from one's throat.

Hawkverb

To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.

Hawknoun

One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

Hawknoun

An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.

Hawknoun

A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.

Hawkverb

To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.

Hawkverb

To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; - generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.

Hawkverb

To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.

Hawkverb

To raise by hawking, as phlegm.

Hawkverb

To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.

Hawknoun

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

Hawknoun

an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

Hawknoun

a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

Hawkverb

sell or offer for sale from place to place

Hawkverb

hunt with hawks;

Hawkverb

clear mucus or food from one's throat;

Hawk

Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Hawks are widely distributed and vary greatly in size.

Hackverb

(transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

Hackverb

(intransitive) To cough noisily.

Hackverb

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Hackverb

(computing) 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.

Hackverb

(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.

Hackverb

To work with something on an intimately technical level.

Hackverb

To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

Hackverb

To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.

Hackverb

By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

Hackverb

(ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

Hackverb

(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

Hackverb

(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

Hackverb

(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.

Hackverb

To strike in a frantic movement.

Hackverb

(transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

Hackverb

To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

Hackverb

(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Hackverb

(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

Hackverb

To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

Hackverb

(obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

Hackverb

(obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.

Hackverb

To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

Hackverb

To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Hackverb

To play hackeysack.

Hacknoun

A tool for chopping.

Hacknoun

A hacking blow.

Hacknoun

A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

Hacknoun

A dry cough.

Hacknoun

A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

Hacknoun

(figuratively) A try, an attempt.

Hacknoun

(curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

Hacknoun

(obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.

Hacknoun

(computing) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.

Hacknoun

(computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

Hacknoun

(colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

Hacknoun

An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

Hacknoun

A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.

Hacknoun

Time check.

Hacknoun

(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

Hacknoun

A kick on the shins in football.

Hacknoun

confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment

Hacknoun

(falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

Hacknoun

A food-rack for cattle.

Hacknoun

A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.

Hacknoun

A grating in a mill race.

Hacknoun

A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.

Hacknoun

A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.

Hacknoun

(pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.

Hacknoun

(slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

Hacknoun

A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.

Hacknoun

A hearse.

Hacknoun

An untalented writer.

Hacknoun

(pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)

Hacknoun

(pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.

Hacknoun

(politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)

Hacknoun

(obsolete) A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

Hacknoun

(obsolete) A procuress.

Hacknoun

A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

Hacknoun

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.

Hacknoun

Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

Hacknoun

A notch; a cut.

Hacknoun

An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

Hacknoun

A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

Hacknoun

A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.

Hacknoun

A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.

Hacknoun

A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.

Hacknoun

A taxicab.

Hacknoun

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.

Hacknoun

A coach or carriage let for hire; a hackney coach; formerly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; now, usually a taxicab.

Hacknoun

The driver of a hack; a taxi driver; a hackman.

Hacknoun

A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

Hacknoun

A procuress.

Hackverb

To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

Hackverb

Fig.: To mangle in speaking.

Hackverb

To program (a computer) for pleasure or compulsively; especially, to try to defeat the security systems and gain unauthorized access to a computer.

Hackverb

To bear, physically or emotionally; as, he left the job because he couldn't hack the pressure.

Hackverb

To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).

Hackverb

To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

Hackverb

To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.

Hackverb

To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

Hackverb

To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Hackverb

To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

Hackverb

To live the life of a drudge or hack.

Hackadjective

Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.

Hacknoun

one who works hard at boring tasks

Hacknoun

a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

Hacknoun

a mediocre and disdained writer

Hacknoun

a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil

Hacknoun

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Hacknoun

an old or over-worked horse

Hacknoun

a horse kept for hire

Hacknoun

a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Hackverb

cut with a hacking tool

Hackverb

informal: be able to manage or manage successfully;

Hackverb

cut away;

Hackverb

kick on the arms

Hackverb

kick on the shins

Hackverb

fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;

Hackverb

significantly cut up a manuscript

Hackverb

cough spasmodically;

Hackverb

cut with rough or heavy blows

Hackverb

kick wildly or roughly

Hackverb

gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer

Hackverb

program quickly and roughly.

Hackverb

cough persistently

Hackverb

manage; cope

Hackverb

ride a horse for pleasure or exercise

Hacknoun

a rough cut, blow, or stroke

Hacknoun

(in sport) a kick or a stroke with a stick inflicted on another player.

Hacknoun

a notch cut in the ice, or a peg inserted, to steady the foot when delivering a stone in curling.

Hacknoun

a tool for rough striking or cutting, e.g. a mattock or a miner's pick.

Hacknoun

a gash or wound.

Hacknoun

an act of computer hacking

Hacknoun

a piece of computer code providing a quick or inelegant solution to a particular problem

Hacknoun

a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently

Hacknoun

a writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work

Hacknoun

a person who does dull routine work.

Hacknoun

a horse for ordinary riding.

Hacknoun

a good-quality lightweight riding horse, especially one used in the show ring.

Hacknoun

a ride on a horse.

Hacknoun

a horse let out for hire.

Hacknoun

an inferior or worn-out horse.

Hacknoun

a taxi.

Hacknoun

a board on which a hawk's meat is laid.

Hacknoun

a wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc.

Hacknoun

a pile of bricks stacked up to dry before firing.