Dictionary

A tool for chopping.

A hacking blow.

A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

A dry cough.

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

Example: They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

To cough noisily.

Example: This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Example: Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

Example: I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

A food-rack for cattle.

A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.

A grating in a mill race.

To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.

A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.

Example: I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.

Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.

A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

To live the life of a drudge or hack.

A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

To play hackeysack.