Hacker

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/h{k@(r)/}}

Noun

 * 1) Something which hacks, a tool or device for hacking.
 * 2) * 1825?, "Hannah Limbrick, Executed for Murder", in The Newgate Calendar: comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters, page 231:
 * Thomas Limbrick, who was only nine years of age, said he lived with his mother when Deborah was beat: that his mother throwed her down all along with her hands; and then against a wall, and kicked her in the belly: that afterwards she picked her up, and beat her with the hacker on the side of the head; wiped the blood off with a dish-clout, and took her up to bed after she was dead.
 * 1) * July 1846, John Macleod, "The Tar and Turpentine Business of North Carolina", on page 15 of the Monthly Journal of Agriculture, volume II, number 1:
 * When the dipping is thus over, the next work is to "chip" or scarify the tree immediately over the box [...]. This is done by an instrument usually called a "hacker," sometimes "shave." Its form is somewhat like a "round shave," narrowing at the cutting place to the diameter of an inch, with a shank, to be fixed securely into a strong, heavy handle of about two feet in length, while the faces of the trees are low, but the handle is made longer as years advance the faces higher.
 * 1) * 1877, Reports and Awards of the United States Centennial Commission (regarding the) International Exhibition, 1876 (Francis A. Walker, editor), Reports on Awards, Group XXI, page 13:
 * 23. George C. howard, Philadelphia, U.S.
 * GRINDSTONE HACKER.
 * Report.--Commended for the contrivance of an instrument, called a "hacker," that is used in trimming grindstones. This hacker turns with the stone, and is drawn across in a slide rest, and fulfills its important function satisfactorily.
 * 1) Someone who hacks.
 * 2) * 1902, Our Wonderful Progress, Trumbull White (editor), page 623–624:
 * In January of February the "hacker," with his keen-bladed ax, begins the round which ends the season. [...] About a quart of sap is taken from each box by means of the trowel-shaped scoop used by the dipper, and then the hacker comes along and starts the flow afresh by wounding the tree again.
 * 1) Particularly, one who cuts with rough or heavy blows.
 * 2) Particularly, one who kicks wildly or roughly.
 * 3) Particularly, one who is consistent and focuses on accomplishing a task or several tasks.
 * 4)  one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data.
 * 5)  one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
 * 6)  a computer security professional
 * 7) 🇺🇸 one who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially a sport such as golf or tennis.
 * 8) 🇺🇸 one who operates a taxicab