hacked (off) adj.
1. exhausted.
Company Aytch 39: The boys were ‘hacked’, nay, whipped [...] They had but one ambition now, and that was to get out of the army. | ||
Diary of a Legionnaire 136: [I]t had been Valera who had told me to take as much [water] as possible. If I became hacked off with the weight.....I could always drink it . |
2. very angry.
‘Miscellany’ AS XI:4 368/2: hacked (adj.) Annoyed; confused. | ||
Down in the Holler 156: One of our friends was terribly hacked when some tourists laughed at his new Sunday-go-to-meetin’ suit. | ||
Current Sl. III:4 6: Hacked off, adj. Angry. | ||
Campus Sl. Mar. 3: hacked off – out of patience, angry. | ||
Campus Sl. Fall 3: hacked off – upset, angry. | ||
Guardian 5 Feb. 3: The overall effect is maddeningly frustrating. ‘I’m hacked off,’ sighed Rampton. | ||
(con. 1980s) Skagboys 266: Ah’m hacked off wi that wanker. | ||
Man-Eating Typewriter 35: Hacked off at cramped conditions. |
3. grumpy, bored.
Joint (1972) 88: There are nights at the Magnolia when I’m hacked, or simply inert, and can’t play. | letter 22 Aug. in||
Indep. Rev. 26 June 20: Looking like the standard issue hacked-off teenager. | ||
Indep. Rev. 19 June 7: He is just standing there, looking meek and got-at and mildly hacked-off with the way things have turned out. |