hack

Noun
  1. One who works hard at boring tasks (synset 110174170)
  2. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends (synset 110298502)
  3. A mediocre and disdained writer (synset 110174309)
  4. A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil (synset 103479590)
  5. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money (synset 102934150)
  6. An old or over-worked horse (synset 102384856)
  7. A horse kept for hire (synset 102384784)
  8. A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. (synset 102381621)
Verb
  1. Cut with a hacking tool (synset 201259737)
  2. Be able to manage or manage successfully (synset 202594436)
    "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
  3. Cut away (synset 201260381)
    "he hacked his way through the forest"
  4. Kick on the arms (synset 201150665)
  5. Kick on the shins (synset 201150567)
  6. Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works (synset 200527521)
    "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
  7. Significantly cut up a manuscript (synset 200201982)
  8. Cough spasmodically (synset 200006100)
    "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

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