hack on

1. 1.

   fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

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

   Synonymshack

   Broaderprogram

Questions about hack on

What does hack on mean?

hack on means "fix a computer program piecemeal until it works".

What is another word for hack on?

Close synonyms include hack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hack on a common word?

hack on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.