1. (

• hack ,
• drudge ,
• hacker

) one who works hard at boring tasks ;

2. (

• machine_politician ,
• ward-heeler ,
• political_hack ,
• hack ,

) a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends ;

3. (

• hack ,
• hack_writer ,
• literary_hack

) a mediocre and disdained writer ;

4. (

• hack ,

) a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil ;

5. (

• cab ,
• hack ,
• taxi ,
• taxicab

) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money ;

6. (

• hack ,
• jade ,
• nag ,
• plug

) an old or over-worked horse ;

7. (

• hack ,

) a horse kept for hire ;

8. (

• hack ,

) a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. ;

1. (

• chop ,
• hack ,

) cut with a hacking tool ;

2. (

• hack ,
• cut ,

) be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" ;

3. (

• hack ,

) cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" ;

4. (

• hack ,

) kick on the arms ;

5. (

• hack

) kick on the shins ;

6. (

• hack ,
• hack_on

) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" ;

7. (

• hack ,
• cut_up

) significantly cut up a manuscript ;

8. (

• hack ,
• whoop

) cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" ;