hacker

CEFRB2

/hækə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who secretly accesses computer systems.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Someone who hacks.

Examples

  • It's unlikely that a hacker could get into our website.

  • The hacker gained access to sensitive files in the company's database.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.

  2. One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.

  3. One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.

More examples

In context

  • A hacker hacked into his computer account yesterday.

  • a tennis hacker

  • a phone hacker

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English hackere, hakker, hakkere (“one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter; (rare) tool for cutting wood”), from hakken, hacke (“to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack; to make a chopping action”) + -er(e) (suffix forming agent nouns). Hakken is derived from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop, hack”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; a handle; a hook; a peg”). The English word may be analysed as hack (“to chop or cut down in a rough manner”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).