hijack B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ UK /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/ See IPA manual Homophones highjack /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ Freq #19032 Meanings 1 verb To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes. Armed men tried to hijack the plane during the flight. 2 verb To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one. A few members tried to hijack the meeting to push their own ideas. 3 noun An act of taking control of a vehicle by force. The hijack ended peacefully after several hours. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 verb · to take control of... commandeer 3 noun · an act of taking control of... highjack Word family Forms hijackedhijackinghijacks Derived forms antihijackbluejackbodyjackcarjackclickjackcryptojackculture-jackgamejackhijackablehijackeehijackerhijackware Etymology AI details Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915). Topics Transportation Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hijack **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/ **Frequency rank:** 19032 ## Meanings 1. To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes. 2. To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one. 3. An act of taking control of a vehicle by force. ## Examples - Armed men tried to hijack the plane during the flight. - A few members tried to hijack the meeting to push their own ideas. - The hijack ended peacefully after several hours. ## Derived Forms - antihijack - bluejack - bodyjack - carjack - clickjack - cryptojack - culture-jack - gamejack - hijackable - hijackee - hijacker - hijackware ## Etymology Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915). ## AI Etymology Hijack: Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes” and “To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one”. ## Topics - Transportation - Actions & Processes markdown