hakken — meaning in English

English meaning

• hack verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
• mince noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
• slash noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.

Senses

hakken is used for these senses in English:

• chop off (transitive, literally) To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
• hack (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. [circa 12th c.]
• mince (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
• slash To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.

hack — full definition

1. verb To cut or chop something roughly, without precision.
2. verb To break into a computer system or account without authorization.
3. verb To find a clever, often improvised shortcut for solving a problem.
4. noun A clever shortcut, trick, or workaround.
5. noun A skilled but unglamorous or uncreative worker, especially a writer or programmer producing mediocre work for hire.

mince — full definition

1. noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
2. verb To chop food into very small pieces.
3. verb To soften or hold back one's words so as not to offend (usually in "not mince words").
4. verb To walk with small, affected, dainty steps.

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