HACKED (AROUND) Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

hacked (around)

verb

past tense of hack (around)

as in hung (around or out)

to spend time doing nothing would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around

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When something’s off (like a misplaced comma or wrong code), the claim gets kicked back, and either the patient or the doctor eats the cost.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 July 2026
My mom kicked back in comfort with a good book.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Definition of kicked back

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No balls were kicked around, but a first impression was made about a pitch that’s cropped tighter than a Pebble Beach fairway yet in impressive shape after four games over 11 days.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Near a door leading to a loading dock, a group of players on the host Vegas Golden Knights — including forward Mitch Marner, who went on to score a regulation hat trick in a 5-4 win — stood in a circle and kicked around a soccer ball.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of kicked around

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Outer Banks’ success has always rested on an emotional depth that distracts from nonsense plot points and over-the-top escapades.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
The defense has rested in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rested

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Laughing, smoking cigarettes, and sipping bottles of Red Stripe, numerous packs of Black folks lounged around the joint.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Emily Ratajkowski lounged on a beach in Spain with her 5-year-old son Sylvester Apollo Bear wearing a tiny animal print bikini.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 July 2026

Definition of lounged

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The former home of Belden had a commercial use in recent years and idled for six years before being acquired by his group.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
The slowdown also idled, at least temporarily, about 1,500 workers at the Bally’s Chicago site this week.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of idled

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Visitors strolled through the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Saturday morning to kick off Obon Weekend, a traditional Japanese festival honoring the spirits of ancestors.

— Mike Stocker, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Former Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt was one of 26 Hall of Famers who strolled through the cornfields and walked to the infield ahead of Thursday’s game.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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