hack off
Verb
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Verb
hack off
- (transitive) To remove by hacking; to cut off
- 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
- It was one of them, for example, which provoked Lieutenant Maynard to hack off Blackbeard's head, and to spear it upon the end of his bowsprit. But, as a rule, the pirate ruffled and bullied and drabbed without let or hindrance, until it was time for him to go back to his ship once more.
- 2010, Daily Mail, Oi, Bish... 'Er Indoors at Buck House wants a word, 22 November 2010
- At weekend schools, young Muslims, aged between six and 15, are receiving lessons in how to hack off a criminal's hand or foot.
- 1897, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
- (transitive) To annoy
- cut off
- slice off
See Thesaurus:annoy
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