hack off

To remove by hacking; to cut off.

Verb

  1. To remove by hacking; to cut off.
    • 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...
    • At weekend schools, young Muslims, aged between six and 15, are receiving lessons in how to hack off a criminal's hand or foot. - 2010, Daily Mail, Oi, Bish... 'Er Indoors at Buck House wants a word, 22 November 2010
  2. To annoy.

Forms

hacks off hacking off hacked off

Synonyms

cut off slice off annoy