Definition of HACKER

hacker

Plural: hackers

Noun

  • One who cuts roughly; also, a computer expert or intruder.
  • someone who plays golf poorly
  • a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
  • a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
    • "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"
  • one who works hard at boring tasks
  • Someone who hacks.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
  • One who applies a novel method, shortcut, skill, or trick to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
  • Someone who hacks.
  • Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”).
  • Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
  • Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
  • A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
  • One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.

Verb

  • 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.

Examples

  • A hacker hacked into his computer account yesterday.
  • a phone hacker
  • a tennis hacker
  • food hacker
  • growth hacker
  • He was a HACKER of words, dismantling difficult racks to find hidden gems.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns). Hakken is derived from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; a handle; a hook; a peg”). The English word may be analysed as hack (“to chop or cut down in a rough manner”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Synonyms

cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk, drudge, hack, black hat, cabbie, cabman, cracker, cutter, hackster, slasher, taxi driver

Scrabble Score: 15

hacker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hacker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hacker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

hacker: valid Words With Friends Word