Antonyms for hacking

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hak-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk ɪŋ

Definition of hacking

Origin : "to cut roughly, cut with chopping blows," c.1200, from verb found in stem of Old English tohaccian "hack to pieces," from West Germanic *hakkon (cf. Old Frisian hackia "to chop or hack," Dutch hakken, Old High German hacchon, German hacken), from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth." Perhaps influenced by Old Norse höggva "to hack, hew" (cf. hacksaw). Slang sense of "cope with" (such as in can't hack it) is first recorded in American English 1955, with a sense of "get through by some effort," as a jungle (cf. phrase hack after "keep working away at" attested from late 14c.). Related: Hacked; hacking.

As in maim : verb cripple, put out of action
As in mangle : verb mutilate, deform
As in mince : verb chop up
As in mutilate : verb maim, damage
As in peeve : verb bother, annoy
As in rip : verb tear, cut
As in slash : verb cut
As in slash : verb reduce greatly
As in slice : verb cut into portions, shares
As in split : verb break up, pull apart
As in take : verb endure
As in hew : verb cut
As in carve : verb cut carefully with sharp instrument
As in chip : verb knock a piece out of
As in chop : verb cut up with tool
As in cleave : verb divide, split
As in cope : verb manage, contend
As in cough : verb expelling air with sound
As in cut : verb sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
As in aggravate : verb annoy
As in enrage : verb make very upset
As in fell : verb chop down

Example sentences :

It must be the rotgut from l'Assommoir that was hacking away inside him.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

A sparrow in the garden was hacking the air with its monotonous chirp.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

"That's it—keep at it," a dry, hacking voice kept going in Peer's head.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

"I'd rather not if I could avoid It," replied a thin fellow, with a hacking cough.
Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"

No amount of hacking work can take away the eloquence of this phrasing.
Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

Friends noted with concern his thinness and a hacking cough.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

In a moment more the agonising, hacking, rending cough came on.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

Far into the twilight the sound of hacking was heard from the squatting-places.
Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells

Jim was kneeling on the ground, hacking with his jack-knife at the earth.
Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild

Sir Robert's own sword rose and fell, cutting and hacking at the enemy.
Extract from : « ...After a Few Words... » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Synonyms for hacking

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