adj
hackish
Hackish (adj) means (informal) Typical of poor-quality, hack writers.
adj
1
(informal) Typical of poor-quality, hack writers.
2
(computing, informal) Making use of a quick, badly designed fix rather than a proper solution.
"The first two hacks in this chapter provide, well, hackish solutions to that conundrum."
— Bruce Perry, Ajax hacks (2006)
"A hackish solution is to use code switching, a technique of replacing a byte with a sequence of bytes headed by a special control character."
— Erik T Ray, Learning XML (2003)
3
(informal) Typical of hackers or their style of work.
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Etymology
Formed from hack and -ish.
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What is the meaning of hackish?
"hackish" (adj) means (informal) Typical of poor-quality, hack writers.
What are the different meanings of hackish?
"hackish" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) Typical of poor-quality, hack writers; 2. (computing, informal) Making use of a quick, badly designed fix rather than a proper solution; 3. (informal) Typical of hackers or their style of work.
