From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hack
n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge,
hacker]
2: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a
political party for private rather than public ends [syn:
machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack,
hack]
3: a mediocre and disdained writer [syn: hack, hack writer,
literary hack]
4: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the
surface of the soil
5: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers
where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab,
hack, taxi, taxicab]
6: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag,
plug]
7: a horse kept for hire
8: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
v 1: cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop, hack]
2: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it
anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
[syn: hack, cut]
3: cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"
4: kick on the arms
5: kick on the shins
6: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not
very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" [syn: hack,
hack on]
7: significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: hack, cut up]
8: cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking
all day" [syn: hack, whoop]