Definition of hack

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cough spasmodically (verb)
Examples
1. The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
Synonyms
1. whoop
an old or over-worked horse (noun)
Synonyms
1. jade
2. nag
3. plug
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money (noun)
Synonyms
1. cab
2. taxi
3. taxicab
cut with a hacking tool (verb)
Synonyms
1. chop
be able to manage or manage successfully (verb)
Examples
1. I can't hack it anymore
Synonyms
1. cut
significantly cut up a manuscript (verb)
Synonyms
1. cut up
a mediocre and disdained writer (noun)
Synonyms
1. hack writer
2. literary hack
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works (verb)
Examples
1. I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
Synonyms
1. hack on
one who works hard at boring tasks (noun)
Synonyms
1. drudge
2. hacker
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends (noun)
Synonyms
1. machine politician
2. political hack
3. ward-heeler
a horse kept for hire (noun)
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. (noun)
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil (noun)
cut away (verb)
Examples
1. he hacked his way through the forest
kick on the arms (verb)
kick on the shins (verb)