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1.nounA tool for chopping.
2.nounA hacking blow.
3.nounA gouge or notch made by such a blow.
4.nounA dry cough.
5.nounA hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
6.nounA try, an attempt.
7.nounThe foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
8.nounA mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
9.nounAn expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
10.nounAn interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
11.nounA trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease."Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack."
12.nounAn illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
13.nounA video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
14.nounTime check.
15.nounA swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter."He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out."
16.nounA kick on the shins in football.
17.nounConfinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
18.verbTo chop or cut down in a rough manner."They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."
19.verbTo cough noisily."This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."
20.verbTo withstand or put up with a difficult situation."Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"
21.verbTo 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."
22.verbTo accomplish a difficult programming task."He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."
23.verbTo work with something on an intimately technical level."I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection."
24.verb(by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease."I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life."
25.verbTo hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
26.verb(by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation)."When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked."
27.verbTo strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick."He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal."
28.verbTo make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick."There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck."
29.verbTo swing at a pitched ball."He went to the batter's box hacking."
30.verb(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
31.verbTo strike in a frantic movement.
32.verbTo strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
33.nounA 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.
34.nounA food-rack for cattle.
35.nounA rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
36.nounA grating in a mill race.
37.verbTo lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
38.verbTo keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
39.nounA horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
40.nounA person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work."I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel."
41.nounSomeone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
42.nounA taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
43.nounA vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
44.nounA hearse.
45.noun(authorship) An untalented writer."Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack."
46.nounOne who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
47.nounA talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
48.nounA political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
49.nounA writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
50.nounA procuress.
51.verbTo make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
52.verbTo ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
53.verbTo be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
54.verbTo live the life of a drudge or hack.
55.verbTo use as a hack; to let out for hire.
56.verbTo use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
57.nounA small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
58.verbTo play hackeysack.