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hack off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove by hacking; to cut off.
    • It was one of them, for example, which provoked Lieutenant Maynard to hack off Blackbeard's head, and to spear it upon the end of his bowsprit. But, as a rule, the pirate ruffled and bullied and drabbed without let or hindrance, until it was time for him to go back to his ship once more. 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock:
    • At weekend schools, young Muslims, aged between six and 15, are receiving lessons in how to hack off a criminal's hand or foot. 2010, Daily Mail, Oi, Bish... 'Er Indoors at Buck House wants a word, 22 November 2010
  2. (transitive) To annoy.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hacks off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hacked off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hacked off Tense=Past lexicographic
hacking off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

annoy (annoy) · cut off (cut off) · slice off (cut off)