hack up

verb

To dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).

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Meanings

verbhack up (third-person singular simple present hacks up, present participle hacking up, simple past and past participle hacked up)

present singular third person hacks up · participle present hacking up · participle past hacked up · past hacked up

  1. transitiveTo dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).
  2. transitiveTo cough up; to violently cough, vomit or eject a hairball.
  3. transitiveTo create (something); to hack (something) together.
  4. transitivecomputingTo quickly and simply create (a piece of code).
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APA

hack up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hack%20up

MLA

“hack up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hack%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hack up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hack%20up.

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