To hack is to cut or chop something with short strong blows, like if you hack your way through a thick jungle with a machete. To hack is also to illegally break into someone’s computer.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
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a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
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a horse kept for hire
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an old or over-worked horse
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a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
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a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
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one who works hard at boring tasks
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a mediocre and disdained writer
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a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
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cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
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significantly cut up a manuscript
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fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I''m not very good at hacking but I''ll give it my best"
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kick on the shins
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kick on the arms
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cut with a hacking tool
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cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"
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informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can''t hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
n.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying
bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill
race, etc.
n.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
v. t.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to
notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to
hack a post.
v. t.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
v. i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken
manner; as, a hacking cough.
n.
A notch; a cut.
n.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in
breaking stone.
n.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
n.
A kick on the shins.
n.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse
used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from
hunting and carriage horses.
n.
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach
with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
n.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary
work; an overworked man; a drudge.
n.
A procuress.
a.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
v. t.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
v. t.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render
trite and commonplace.
v. i.
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to
turn prostitute.
v. i.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
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My sword hacked like a handsaw.2.
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On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.3.
Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack.4.
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The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.
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A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument;
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner;
A notch; a cut.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Usage Examples
I didn't think that college math was for me. I didn't think I'd be able to hack it. And that perception of math not being for girls, not being for girls who see themselves as socially well adjusted has got to change.
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information.
I get hired by companies to hack into their systems and break into their physical facilities to find security holes. Our success rate is 100% we've always found a hole.