HACK

Definition of HACK

  1. (noun)one who works hard at boring tasks
  2. (noun)a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
  3. (noun)a mediocre and disdained writer
  4. (noun)a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
  5. (noun)a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
  6. (noun)an old or over-worked horse
  7. (noun)a horse kept for hire
  8. (noun)a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
  9. (verb)cut with a hacking tool
  10. (verb)be able to manage or manage successfully
  11. (verb)cut away
  12. (verb)kick on the arms
  13. (verb)kick on the shins
  14. (verb)fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
  15. (verb)significantly cut up a manuscript
  16. (verb)cough spasmodically