Pronunciations

Definitions

• v. To bother, annoy.
  

• n. A violent blow, strike.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• האַקן hakn 'to chop; mince; beat' (verbal stem is האַק hak); esp. from phrase האַקן אַ טשײַניק hakn a tshaynik 'lit. beating a teapot; annoy' (האַק מיר נישט קײן טשײַניק hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik 'don't bug me'
  

Who Uses This

• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

Alternative Spellings

hak, huk, huck, hok