hack(noun) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
(noun) a horse kept for hire
(noun) an old or over-worked horse
(noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
(noun) a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
(noun) one who works hard at boring tasks
(noun) a mediocre and disdained writer
(noun) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
(verb) cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
(verb) significantly cut up a manuscript
(verb) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
(verb) kick on the shins
(verb) kick on the arms
(verb) cut with a hacking tool
(verb) cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"
(verb) informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
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