Hack
Hack noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: completely stunned by a vicious hack across the neck
Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
How words are described
| good | good hack | good pick |
| full | full hack | full pick |
| best | best hack | best pick |
| typical | typical hack | typical pick |
| Other adjectives: original, single, simple, popular, large, great, little, last, favorite, corporate. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In many locations, if your skills are high enough, you can pick or hack a door that is otherwise only openable from the other side.
Source: Sequence Breaking -
Respectively allows you to re-hack a computer if you locked it after failing to hack it and to pick a lock you've broken by trying to force it.
Source: Video Game / Fallout -
Game Mod: No matter which Neo Geo installment of the series you pick, there's always a hack of it.
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