hijacker

hijacker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English hijack
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English hijacker

    From hijack + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation: hi‧jack‧er

    Noun

    hijacker (plural hijackers)

    1. Someone who hijacks.
      the hijacker of an aeroplane
    2. (computing) Hijackware.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Anagrams

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.