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hackery en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).

Meanings

1. (India) A two-wheeled oxcart used for transporting freight.
   • Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. 1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019:
2. (India, Sri-Lanka) A two-wheeled ox- or horsecart used for transporting people.

Forms

Hypernyms

oxcart

Synonyms

chakra

hackery en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From hack + -ery. In its computing sense, from Middle English hakken (“to cut violently or coarsely”) etc., q.v. In its pejorative sense, from hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”).

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang, uncountable) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
2. (slang, uncountable) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
   • All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java. 2012, Seymour Bosworth, M. E. Kabay, Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook, page 57: