hack
noun
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a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc“The horse was just a hack, not a fancy show horse or racer, but it got me where I needed to go.”
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a horse kept for hire“I hired a hack for a ride in the country.”
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an old or over-worked horse“The tired old hack had earned its retirement to the pasture.”jade
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a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money“We got into a hack at the airport taxi stand.”cabtaxitaxicab
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a tool such as a hoe, pick, or mattock used for breaking up the surface of the soil“I worked the hard soil of the new garden with a hack.”
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one who works hard at boring tasksdrudgehacker
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a mediocre and disdained writer“They're just a hack; none of their stories have any literary value at all.”hack writerliterary hack
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a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends“The new mayor was nothing more than a hack.”machine politicianward-heelerpolitical hack
verb
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cough spasmodically“The patient with emphysema has been hacking all day.”whoop
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significantly cut up a manuscript“The editor hacked the story beyond recognition.”cut up
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fix a computer program piecemeal until it works“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best.”hack on
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in soccer, to kick on the shins“Our team was awarded a penalty kick after the opposing defender hacked our striker.”
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kick on the arms
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cut with a hacking toolchop
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clear away by cutting“We hacked our way through the forest.”
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be able to manage or manage successfully“I can't hack it anymore.”cut
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to gain unauthorized access to a computer system by manipulating code; to crack“According to the logs, someone is trying to hack our database server.”
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to gain unauthorized access to an online account owned by a person or organization“I can't believe my account was hacked again -- isn't "12345" a strong password?”