hack — EN↔FR

hack /BrE hak

, AmE hæk

noun

1 (blow) coup m (de hache)

2 informal, derogatory (writer) écrivaillon m derogatory; plumitif m informal

3 Riding (horse used for riding) cheval m; (old horse) rosse f informal

4 British (ride) promenade f

5 Sport (kick) coup m

6 (cough) toux f

7 US informal (taxi) bahut m informal; taxi m

8 US informal (taxi driver) taxi m informal

9 (notch) entaille f

10 Computing

= hacker

11 informal, Politics ( also party hack) militant m/militante f

transitive verb

1 (strike, chop) taillader [branch, object] (with avec, à coups de)

to hack sb (to death) with sth frapper qn (à mort) à coups de qch

to hack sth/sb to pieces tailler or

2 (clear, cut) tailler dans [undergrowth, bushes] (with à coups de)

to hack a path through sth se tailler un chemin à travers qch

to hack one's way through/out of sth se tailler un chemin à travers/hors de qch

3 Sport

(kick) to hack sb/sb's shins flanquer un coup de pied à qn/dans les tibias de qn informal

to hack sb's arm (in basketball) donner un coup au bras de qn

4 Computing pirater informal, s'introduire dans [system, database]

5 informal (cope with)

I can't hack it je ne le supporte pas

how long do you think he will hack it? combien de temps tu penses qu'il va tenir?

intransitive verb

1 (chop) taillader (with à coups de)

to hack at sth/sb taillader qch/qn

to hack through tailler dans [branch, object]

2 informal, Computing (break into systems) pirater informal

to hack into s'introduire dans [system]

3 British Riding faire une promenade à cheval

4 (cough) tousser (d'une toux sèche)

5 US informal (drive taxi) conduire un taxi

Phrasal verbs

■ hack across:

we had to hack across the fields nous avons dû traverser les champs

■ hack around informal US

glander slang

■ hack away:

hack away

donner des grands coups (with avec)

to hack away at sth frapper qch à grands coups

;

hack away [sth],

hack [sth] away

tailler [branch, undergrowth]

■ hack down:

hack down [sth],

hack [sth] down

abattre [grass, bush, enemy]

■ hack off:

hack off [sth],

hack [sth] off

tailler [piece, branch]; trancher [hand, head]

■ hack out:

hack out [sth],

hack [sth] out

tailler [foothold, clearing]

■ hack up:

hack up [sth],

hack [sth] up

tailler [qch] en pièces [carcass, tree]