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hacking

Today it means: Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky. Full definition →

Middle English *hackynge

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hacking · adjective, verb¹

Middle English · inherited from*hackynge
English todayhacking

From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack + -ing.

hacking · noun²

Middle English · inherited fromhackynge
English todayhacking

From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack + -ing.

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