hacking run

noun

A hacking session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours; sometimes an all-nighter.

“It'll take a hacking run to find the roots of such a Byzantine bug.”

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Meanings

nounhacking run (plural hacking runs)

plural hacking runs

  1. computingA hacking session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours; sometimes an all-nighter.

    It'll take a hacking run to find the roots of such a Byzantine bug.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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