hackery

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noun

A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.

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chakra
OriginHindi चक्र ← Gujarati ચક્રો ← Sanskrit चक्र →
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Meanings

hackery1

nounhackery (plural hackeries)

plural hackeries

  1. IndiaA two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.

    Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas.

    1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019
  2. IndiaSri LankaA two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.

hackery2

nounhackery (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryslanguncountableAdvocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
  2. slanguncountablecomputingThe use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).

    All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.

    2012, Seymour Bosworth, M. E. Kabay, Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook, page 57

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
chakra
Broader
oxcart
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chakra

Origin

hackery · noun

  1. Sanskritचक्र“wheel, disc, cycle”
  2. Gujaratiચક્રો“ox-cart, rickshaw”
  3. Hindiचक्र“wheel”
  4. Englishhackery

Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).

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hackery · noun

  1. Middle Englishhakken“to cut violently or coarsely”
  2. Englishhackery

From hack + -ery. In its computing sense, from Middle English hakken (“to cut violently or coarsely”) etc., q.v. In its pejorative sense, from hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”).

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“hackery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hackery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackery.

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