to hack
55
4.7
- verb
- /hæk/
:
cortar
- Brill reached him first and started hacking away at the rope.
- hack away
- hack at the door
- hack to pieces
And so it's machete in hand, you're hacking through.
- And so it's machete in hand, you're hacking through.
- Trevor chased down an East African in the Bush that had a machete and just had just hacked one of the Rangers, you know?
Examples
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They hack it out of the wilderness with their own two hands, bearing their children along the way.
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It'd take you 10 minutes to hack through it with this.
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We're going to like hack through this stuff.
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But yeah, we're going to get some sun now and then hack everything up.
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Try to hack some of that off.
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Led by Utapan, the Spaniards hack their way through thick jungle.
Fiction book (1992) -
Beside the steps, a young man in a red bandanna was hacking the roots of an azalea bush.
Fiction book (1995) -
Leaf-cutting ants travel from their nests to trees and hack off bits of leaves, which they grip in their mandibles.
Academic text (2000) -
Without another thought, Betty Lou leaped off the path and hacked her way through the bushes.
Academic text (2011) -
After gathering some tools, we started to hack through the thick vegetation in the garden.
Synonyms
193
1.0
To cut something into pieces using a sharp tool like a knife or axe
56
1.9
To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe
18
4.6
Gradually make something weaker by repeated small actions
1
3.9
To remove small pieces from a surface by cutting or hitting it
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
3
8.6
A politician who works for their party or friends to benefit themselves
A hand saw with a thin blade and many small teeth for cutting metal and other hard materials
How Rough
Surface Forms
Etymology
To hack meaning 'to cut or chop roughly' comes from an old verb for chopping, so to hack is to make heavy, rough cuts or blows.