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hijack

verbosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos

  • Canadá//ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk//
  • Austrália//ˈhɑe.d͡ʒæk//
  • Nova Zelândia/[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).

verbo

  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.

Etimologia

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

substantivo

  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

    calãoPreflop, the position two before the dealer.

  5. 5

    obsoletoA 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.

Formas

plural
hijacks
pretérito
hijacked
particípio passado
hijacked
gerúndio
hijacking
3.ª pessoa do singular
hijacks
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Conteúdo lexical proveniente do Wiktionary, sob licença CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrada de origem · Versão dos dados 2026-08-23

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