hack

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/hæk/ English

Definitions

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.“They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”
To cough noisily.“This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.”
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.“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.“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.

A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.“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.