Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hack up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
hack- up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).

Transitive verb

verb

To cough up; to violently cough, vomit or eject a hairball.

Transitive verb

verb

To create (something); to hack (something) together.

Transitive verb

verb

To quickly and simply create (a piece of code).

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

hacks up (present, singular) hacking up (participle, present) hacked up (participle, past) hacked up (past)

Questions

What does hack up mean?
To dismember, slice up or take apart; to break up (e.g. dirt).

How to pronounce hack up

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