hacker

noun

(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.

(by extension) One who applies a novel method, shortcut, skill, or trick to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity.

Someone who hacks.

One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.

One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.

Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.

(US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.

(British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.

A surname.

(computing, dated) One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.

(obsolete) Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”).

verb

(intransitive, chiefly British, dialectal, archaic) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.

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