different between hacking vs cracking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæk??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack +? -ing.

Adjective

hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking)

1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

   A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.

Usage notes

Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.

Derived terms

• hacking cough
• hackingly

Translations

Verb

hacking

1. present participle of hack

Etymology 2

From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack +? -ing.

Noun

hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)

1. (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
2. (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
3. (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
4. (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
5. (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
6. (Britain, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
7. (obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
8. (obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
9. (obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
10. (obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

Derived terms

• hacking coat, hacking jacket, hacking-seat
• hacking run

Translations

See also

• pirate

References

• hacking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 416
• “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary, Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405
• “hacking” at Wordnik

Anagrams

• ka-ching, kaching

French

Noun

hacking m (plural hackings)

1. hacking

Spanish

Noun

hacking m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hacking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?æk??/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Noun

cracking (plural crackings)

1. (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
2. The formation of cracks on a surface.
3. The production of a crack sound.

   the crackings of whips

Translations

Adjective

cracking

1. That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
2. (colloquial) Great.

3. (colloquial) Enjoyable.

Translations

Adverb

cracking (not comparable)

1. (Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.

   It was a cracking good show.

Verb

cracking

1. present participle of crack

Derived terms

• get cracking