hack

/hˈæk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

one who works hard at boring tasks
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
a mediocre and disdained writer
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
an old or over-worked horse
a horse kept for hire
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

verb

cut with a hacking tool
be able to manage or manage successfully
“I can't hack it anymore”
cut away
“he hacked his way through the forest”
kick on the arms
kick on the shins
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”
significantly cut up a manuscript
cough spasmodically
“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”

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