From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\, v. t. (Football)
To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
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Hack \Hack\, v. i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken
manner; as, a hacking cough.
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Hack \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\ (h[a^]k), 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked (h[a^]kt); 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\ (h[a^]k), 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
taxicab \tax"i*cab\, n.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired
to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally
called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is
referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a
chauffeur or hackie.
Note: Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made,
e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers,
i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up
pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective
passenger. The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by
a wave of the arm) is often called
to flag down a cab.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heck \Heck\, n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also
hack.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called
also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
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5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps
into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the
bobbins, in a warping machine.
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6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
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Half heck, the lower half of a door.
Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a
cart.
Heck box or Heck frame, that which carries the heck in
warping.
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