Hack

Verb

 * 1) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
 * They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.
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 * Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.
 * 1) To cough noisily.
 * This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.
 * 1) To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
 * Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?
 * 1)  To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system (e.g. website) or network by manipulating code; a crack.
 * 2)  To accomplish a difficult programming task.
 * He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
 * 1)  To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that 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.
 * 1) To work on an intimately technical level.
 * I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.
 * 1)  To 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.
 * 1)  To 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.
 * 1)  To swing at a pitched ball.
 * He went to the batter's box hacking.
 * 1) To strike in a frantic movement.

Derived terms

 * hack down
 * hack in
 * hacking, hackingly, hacky
 * hack into


 * hack up
 * hackability
 * hacker

Synonyms

 * crack
 * frob
 * tweak

Noun

 * 1) A hacking blow.
 * 2) A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
 * 3) A dry cough.
 * 4)  The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
 * 5)  A mattock or a miner's pick.
 * 6)  An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
 * 7)  An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
 * 8)  A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
 * 9)  An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
 * 10)  Time check.
 * 11)  A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
 * He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.
 * 1)  a newspaper columnist or writer (newspaper hack)
 * 2)  a cabbie

Synonyms

 * crack
 * band-aid, contrivance, improvision, improvisation, kludge, makeshift, quick fix, patch

Related terms

 * marginal hacks

Noun

 * 1)  A 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.
 * 2) A food-rack for cattle.
 * 3) A rack used to dry bricks.

Verb

 * 1) To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
 * 2)  To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Noun

 * 1)  An ordinary horse, especially an old, tired one.
 * 2)  A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
 * 3)  One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
 * 4)  A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
 * 5)  Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary
 * 6)  An untalented writer.
 * Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack.
 * He's nothing but the typical hack writer.
 * I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.
 * 1)  A political agitator.  (slightly derogatory)

Verb

 * 1)  To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
 * 2) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

Noun

 * 1) A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.

Verb

 * 1) To play hackeysack.

Thesaurus
Aqua-Lung, Jehu, Sunday driver, amble, amputate, antiquated, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, autobus, ax, backseat driver, balker, balky horse, banal, bark, batter, beast of burden, bidet, birthmark, bisect, blaze, blemish, blotch, blow, brand, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, bullwhacker, bus, bus driver, busman, butcher, cab, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, cameleer, canter, caracole, carriage horse, cart horse, carter, cartman, carve, caste mark, cavalry horse, charioteer, chartered bus, chauffeur, check, checkmark, chop, cicatrix, cleave, cleft, cliche, cliched, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero, common, commonplace, cough, crena, crock, crowbait, curvet, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, damage, dapple, declasse, deface, depression, destroy, dichotomize, diligence, discoloration, dissever, dog, dot, double-decker, draft horse, dray horse, drayman, driver, driving horse, drudge, dull, earmark, elephant driver, engraving, excise, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, fag, fell, fill horse, filler, fissure, fleck, flick, freckle, frisk, galley slave, gallop, garron, gash, gasp, gharry-wallah, gigster, go on horseback, goat, graving, greasy grind, grind, grub, grubber, gulp, hackdriver, hackle, hackman, hackney, hackneyed, hacky, haggle, halve, harness racer, hew, hiccup, hired car, hireling, hit-and-run driver, huff, humdrum, hunter, incise, incision, inconsequential, indentation, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, jade, jag, jigsaw, jitney, jitney driver, jog, joggle, jot, joyrider, jughead, jument, kerf, lacerate, lackey, lance, lead, leader, lentigo, literary hack, lope, low-grade, machine, macula, mahout, mail coach, mangle, mark, marking, mean, mediocre, menial, mercenary, mole, moth-eaten, motor coach, motorbus, motorist, mottle, mouldy, mount, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mule skinner, muleteer, mutilate, nag, nevus, nick, nock, notch, old, old hat, omnibus, ordinary, outmoded, outworn, overdone, overworked, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pace, pack horse, palfrey, pant, pare, party hack, patch, peanut politician, penny-a-liner, petty, piaffe, plodder, plow horse, plug, point, pole horse, political dabbler, politicaster, polka dot, polo pony, poor, post coach, post-horse, potboiler, prance, prick, prune, puff, puncture, reinsman, remount, rend, respiration, respire, ride bareback, ride hard, rider, riding horse, rive, road hog, road horse, roadster, roarer, rogue, rosinante, rouncy, routine, ruin, run-of-the-mill, saddle horse, saddler, saw, scalawag, scar, scarification, scissor, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, scribbler, scuba, second-class, second-rate, servant, sever, shaft horse, sigh, skinner, slash, slave, slavey, slice, slit, slogger, smash, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snip, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, speck, speckle, speeder, splash, split, splotch, spot, stage, stage coachman, stagecoach, stain, stale, stalking-horse, statemonger, stereotyped, sternutation, stertor, stiff, stigma, stock, strawberry mark, sumpter, sumpter horse, sunder, suspiration, swot, take horse, tattoo, tattoo mark, taxi, taxicab, taxidriver, teamster, tear, tedious, thill horse, thiller, tick, timeworn, tired, tittle, tittup, toiler, trite, trivial, trot, truck driver, trucker, truckman, unoriginal, usual, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner, wagonman, watermark, well-worn, wheeler, wheelhorse, wheeze, whip, whistler, whittle, wind, workhorse

Etymology 1
From tohaccian:

Etymology 2
Variations of hatch:, heck:.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of hackney:, probably from place name Hackney

Etymology 4
From hackysack:

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Macedonian: бувта


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hakata, hakata maahan
 * Interlingua: hachar


 * Macedonian: цепи, касапи,  парчосува
 * Volapük: cöpilön


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: pätsätä


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: хакува, хакира


 * Polish: hakować
 * Spanish: hackear

Noun

 * Finnish: hakki


 * Finnish:


 * Macedonian: казма,,  крамп


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ; hakkerointiyritys, tietomurtoyritys


 * Macedonian: хакирање, хакување


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Noun

 * Dutch: taxichauffeur, taxichauffeuse
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: cöpilod


 * Finnish: ,


 * Dutch:


 * Interlingua: taxi

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Finnish: pelata footbagia