hack in WordNet English dictionary

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

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