hack Meaning and Definition

1. n. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

2. n. a horse kept for hire

3. n. an old or over-worked horse

4. n. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

5. n. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

6. n. one who works hard at boring tasks

7. n. a mediocre and disdained writer

8. n. a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

9. v. cough spasmodically

10. v. significantly cut up a manuscript

11. v. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

12. v. kick on the shins

13. v. kick on the arms

14. v. cut with a hacking tool

15. v. cut away

16. v. be able to manage or manage successfully