Hacker

Quick meaning: Hacker is a noun meaning Someone who hacks.

Meaning

Someone who hacks.

More Meanings

1. Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
2. (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
3. (intransitive, chiefly British, dialectal, archaic) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.

Example Sentences

A hacker hacked into his computer account yesterday.

In 2022, hackers leaked unreleased footage from its next iteration of GTA.

Typically, one hacker will annoy another; the offended party replies by launching a denial-of-service attack against the offender.

I'm a computer crook, the Willie Sutton of hackers. I break into computer systems for fun—and profit. To me, the Apple is the forbidden fruit.

Word Forms

• hackers
• hackering
• hackered

Synonyms for hacker

Depending on context, synonyms include cabbie, cabman, hack, drudge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drudge, hack, cyber, tech, infiltrator, tenant.

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