HACK ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hack on mean? 

• HACK ON (verb)
  The verb HACK ON has 1 sense:

1. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

  Familiarity information: HACK ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HACK ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hack; hack on

Context example:

I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best

Hypernyms (to "hack on" is one way to...):

program; programme (write a computer program)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something