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Hack (hăk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] 1. 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.
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2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
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Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked (hăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] [OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.] 1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
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My sword hacked like a handsaw. Shak.
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2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.
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3. (Computers) To program (a computer) for pleasure or compulsively; especially, to try to defeat the security systems and gain unauthorized access to a computer.
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4. To bear, physically or emotionally; as, he left the job because he couldn't hack the pressure. [Colloq.]
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Hack, v. t. (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
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Hack, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
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Hack, n. 1. A notch; a cut. Shak.
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2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
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3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.
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4. (Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick. T. Hughes.
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5. (Computers) A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.
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6. (Computers) A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.
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7. A taxicab. [informal]
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Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
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Hack (hăk), n. [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
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1. 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.
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2. A coach or carriage let for hire; a hackney coach; formerly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; now, usually a taxicab.
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On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.
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3. Hence: The driver of a hack; a taxi driver; a hackman.
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3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
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Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.
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4. A procuress.
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Hack, v. i. To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.
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Hack, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield.
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Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. “A vulgar hack writer.” Macaulay.
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Hack, v. t. 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
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2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
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The word “remarkable” has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.
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Hack, v. i. 1. To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer.
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2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.
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