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hack
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\, v. t. (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. [1913 Webster] .
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. [1913 Webster] My sword hacked like a handsaw. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [PJC] 4. To bear, physically or emotionally; as, he left the job because he couldn't hack the pressure. [Colloq.] [PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hack \Hack\, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. --Wakefield. [1913 Webster] Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] .
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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: The driver of a hack; a taxi driver; a hackman. [PJC] 3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. [1913 Webster] Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 4. A procuress. [1913 Webster] .
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] .
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 hail a cab or to flag down a cab. [PJC] .
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.] [1913 Webster] 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
