Definition of 'hack'

Noun

1. one who works hard at boring tasks
      Synonyms: drudge hacker
2. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
      Synonyms: machine politician ward-heeler political hack
3. a mediocre and disdained writer
      Synonyms: hack writer literary hack
4. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
5. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
      Synonyms: cab taxi taxicab
6. an old or over-worked horse
      Synonyms: jade nag plug
7. a horse kept for hire
8. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

Verb

1. cut with a hacking tool
      Synonyms: chop
2. be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
      Synonyms: cut
3. cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
4. kick on the arms
5. kick on the shins
6. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
      Synonyms: hack on
7. significantly cut up a manuscript
      Synonyms: cut up
8. cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
      Synonyms: whoop

---