different between scam vs hacking

English

Etymology

US carnival slang. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”). Also possibly from skam.

The word "scam" became common use among the US "drug culture" in early 1980 after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sk?m, IPA^(key): /skæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

scam (plural scams)

1. A fraudulent deal.

   That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.

2. Something that is promoted using scams.

   That car was a scam.

Synonyms

• con game, confidence trick, swindle
• See also Thesaurus:deception

Coordinate terms

• take for a ride

Translations

Verb

scam (third-person singular simple present scams, present participle scamming, simple past and past participle scammed)

1. (transitive) To defraud or embezzle.

   They tried to scam her out of her savings.

Synonyms

• con

Translations

Anagrams

• ACMs, ACSM, CAMs, CASM, CSMA, M. A. Sc., M.A.Sc., MACs, MASc, Macs, SMAC, cams, macs, masc, masc.

Middle Irish

Etymology

Attested only in the plural form scaim. From Proto-Celtic *skamos. Cognate with Welsh ysgafn ("light") and Welsh ysgyfaint ("(pair of) lungs"), Breton skañv, Cornish skav.

Noun

1. lung

References

• Matasovi?, R. (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, p.339. Brill: Boston.

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