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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"

 

Source: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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