hack about

hæk əˈbaʊt

Definition

Definition of hack about - Reverso English Dictionary

Phrasal verb

intr.

casual movement

move or work in a rough, casual way

He spent the afternoon hacking about in the garden.

fiddle

mess around

experimenting

TECH.

experiment or tamper with something non-seriously

TECH.

She likes to hack about with old computers.

fiddle

tinker

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Expressions with hack

hack around

experiment with something in a casual way

She decided to hack around with the new software.

hack away

cut something repeatedly with heavy blows

He hacked away at the tree with an axe.

hack it

manage to succeed in a difficult situation

She couldn't hack it in the competitive job market.

do hack writing

write quickly with low quality for money

She had to do hack writing to pay the bills.

hack away at

cut or chop something again and again with force

He had to hack away at the thick branches.

hack job

work done quickly with poor quality

The repair was just a hack job.

Examples of hack about in a sentence

We hacked about the beach, collecting driftwood.
They often hack about with different recipes in the kitchen.
He decided to hack about with the car engine over the weekend.

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French:traîner, ...
German:herumwursteln, herumspielen, ...
Italian:muoversi in modo casuale, smanettare, ...
Spanish:trastear, ...
Portuguese:mexer-se de forma casual, mexer sem compromisso, ...
Chinese:随便做事, 摆弄, ...
Japanese:ぶらぶらする, いじる, ...
Arabic:تَجَوَّلَ بشكل عشوائي, عَبَثَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְעַסֵּק, לְהִתְעַסֵּק, ...
Russian:возиться, экспериментировать, ...
Ukrainian:порпатися, експериментувати, ...
Hindi:इधर-उधर घूमना, छेड़छाड़ करना, ...
Bengali:নৈমিত্তিকভাবে কাটানো, পরীক্ষা করা, ...
Catalan:fer el dropo, trastejar, ...
Czech:kutěti se, pohrávat si s něčím, ...
Danish:pusle rundt, lege med, ...
Dutch:rondscharrelen, knoeien, ...
Greek:δουλεύω χαλαρά, πειραματίζομαι, ...
Hungarian:pepecselni, bütykölni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើការរដិបរដុប, លេងសាកល្បងជាមួយ, ...
Korean:거칠게 일하다, 가볍게 만지작거리다, ...
Persian:به کارهای پراکنده پرداخت, دستکاری کرد, ...
Polish:grzebać, majstrować, ...
Portuguese (BR):mexer, brincar, ...
Romanian:a bâjbâi, a se juca, ...
Swedish:röra sig, mixtra med, ...
Thai:ทำงานอย่างไม่เป็นทางการ, ทดลองเล่น, ...
Turkish:rahatça çalışmak, kurcalamak, ...
Vietnamese:làm việc lộn xộn, nghịch ngợm, ...

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