hack definition

1. one who works hard at boring tasks
2. a mediocre and disdained writer
3. a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
4. an old or over-worked horse
5. a horse kept for hire
6. a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
7. be able to manage or manage successfully
• examples: I can't hack it anymore
• examples: she could not cut the long days in the office
8. cut away
• examples: he hacked his way through the forest
9. kick on the arms
10. kick on the shins
11. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
• examples: I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
12. significantly cut up a manuscript
13. cough spasmodically
• examples: The patient with emphysema is hacking all day