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hacka

“hacka” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a pick, pickaxe; a tool used to hack
  2. a small sum of money
  3. a card of low rank, a spot card

verb

  1. to hack; chop, cut, mince
  2. to pick on; find fault with
  3. to hack; to skillfully use a computer; to commit computer crime
  4. to be choppy, to stutter

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish hakka, likely borrowed from Middle Low German hacken. Cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken. Senses "amount of money" and "low-rank cards" influenced by Middle Low German hacke (“mincemeat”), with the implication that minced meat is of low value.

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