Definitions for the word "hack" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A notch; a cut.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A kick on the shins.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
A procuress.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. a.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. t.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. i.
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. i.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. v.
1 cut or chop roughly. 2 football etc. Kick the shin of (an opponent). 3 (often foll. By at) deliver cutting blows. 4 cut (one''s way) through foliage etc. 5 colloq. Gain unauthorized access to (data in a computer). 6 slang manage, cope with; tolerate. 7 (as hacking adj.) (of a cough) short, dry, and frequent. n. 1 kick with the toe of a boot. 2 gash or wound, esp. From a kick. 3 a mattock. B miner''s pick. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
20. n.
1 a = *hackney. B horse let out for hire. 2 person hired to do dull routine work, esp. Writing. attrib. Adj. 1 used as a hack. 2 typical of a hack; commonplace (hack work). v. Ride on horseback on a road at an ordinary pace. [abbreviation of *hackney]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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