Verb

(en verb)

To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6

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.

To cough noisily.

This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking .

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

(transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.

(transitive, slang, computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked .

(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.

He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or 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.

(transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.

I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life.

To work with on an intimately technical level.

I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

(ice hockey) 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.

(ice hockey) 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.

(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

He went to the batter's box hacking .

To strike in a frantic movement.

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Verb

(en verb)

To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Verb

(en verb)

(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

(obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

(Hanmer)

(obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.

(Goldsmith)

To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

* J. H. Newman

The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late.

Verb

(en verb)

To play hackeysack.

Verb

(en verb)

To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).

To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).

(nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.

To add something as an extra item.

to tack (something) onto (something)

Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse.