noun
Meaning 1
Someone who hijacks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the hijacker of an aeroplane
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hijacker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 JH AE2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Hijackware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: highjacker, highwayman, road agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: holdup man, stickup man
Narrower terms: footpad, padder, Turpin, Dick Turpin
noun
Meaning 4
someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: highjacker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hijack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hijacker From hijack + -er.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: kaper — someone who hijacks
- Esperanto: aerpirato — someone who hijacks
- Galician: sequestrador — someone who hijacks
- German: Entführer — someone who hijacks
- German: Entführerin — someone who hijacks
- Irish: haidhléaraí — someone who hijacks
- Irish: haidhléaraithe — someone who hijacks
- Irish: haidhléaraí — someone who hijacks
- Irish: haidhléaraithe — someone who hijacks
- Irish: haidhléaraithe — someone who hijacks
- Norman: haïjatcheux — someone who hijacks
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaprer — someone who hijacks
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kaprar — someone who hijacks
- Polish: porywacz — someone who hijacks
- Portuguese: sequestrador — someone who hijacks
- Russian: уго́нщик (ugónščik) — someone who hijacks
- Southern Altai: уурдап апарган кижи (uurdap apargan kiži) — someone who hijacks
- Spanish: aeropirata — someone who hijacks
- Spanish: secuestrador — someone who hijacks