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hijack

verbenomattesté dans les dialogues

  • Canada//ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk//
  • Australie//ˈhɑe.d͡ʒæk//
  • Nouvelle-Zélande/[ˈhɑe̯.d͡ʒæk]/

To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

verbe

  1. 1

    To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

  2. 2

    To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.

    hijack the radio show

    Once the polyfill kicks in, it hijacks the user's input cursor and places it into a different field, a problem that does not exist in the native implementation of autofocus.

  3. 3

    To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Étymologie

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

nom

  1. 1

    An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

  2. 2

    An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.

    I opened my closet door and stared. Should I pack my good suit and black loafers? Uh-uh. Travel light. Think positive. Go there, get done whatever there was to do, and get back. I loved Lolly, but I couldn't let her stroke hijack my life. How many guys would do this much for their aunt?

  3. 3

    An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.

  4. 4

    argotPreflop, the position two before the dealer.

  5. 5

    obsolèteA highwayman, robber.

    One lone "high-jack" held up 11 harvest hands in a freight car [...] last night, making a clean getaway with slightly over $180.

Formes

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passé
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participe passé
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participe présent
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3ᵉ personne du singulier
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Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

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