Hacking

Definition of Hacking:

part of speech: adjective

Cutting irregularly; irritating and wearing; said of a cough; as, a hacking cough.

Usage examples for Hacking:

• Hour after hour did they toil on, till the firing suddenly ceased, and they were for a moment at fault; but Bob Roberts and Old Dick, who were leading, suddenly heard voices close at hand, where the forest growth was thinner; and hacking and chopping away, they had nearly reached the spot when the firing suddenly began again furiously for a few moments, and then once more stopped. "Middy and Ensign", G. Manville Fenn.

• One of the lead characters, a sort of heroic anti- hero, had been sentenced to prison for computer hacking "Underground", Suelette Dreyfus.

• And they so eagerly pressed towards the body, and so many daggers were hacking together, that they cut one another; Brutus, particularly, received a wound in his hand, and all of them were besmeared with the blood. "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.

• When this ceases, the temperature rises to perhaps 105 or 106 degrees F. The ears and legs grow cold, the nose hot and dry, pulse rapid but firm, breathing short and labored, a short hacking cough will be present. "The Veterinarian", Chas. J. Korinek.