hack

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hack Definition

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

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