Foundation level · Year 4 · free
hack
verb · Say it: HAK
What it means
Foundationto cut something roughly with hard, heavy strokes
Grandad hacked at the overgrown hedge with his old garden shears.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- chop
- hew
- slash
More examples
- The explorers in our story hacked a path through the thick jungle.
Where the word comes from
From Old English 'haccian', meaning to cut in pieces.
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