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1. One who works hard at boring tasks
   - drudge, hacker
    
2. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
   - machine politician, ward-heeler [N. Amer], political hack, heeler [N. Amer]
    
3. A mediocre and disdained writer
   - hack writer, literary hack
    
4. A tool (as a hoe, pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
    
5. [N. Amer] A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
   - cab, taxi, taxicab
    
6. An old or over-worked horse
   - jade, nag, plug
    
7. A horse kept for hire
    
8. A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
    
9. Something that does not fix a problem but offers an alternative method to avoid it; usually a temporary solution to a software bug
   - workaround

1. Cut with a hacking tool
   - chop
    
2. Be able to manage or manage successfully
   "I can't hack it anymore";
   - cut
    
3. Cut away
   "he hacked his way through the forest"
    
4. (basketball) kick on the arms
    
5. (rugby) 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";
   - hack on
    
7. Significantly cut up a manuscript
   - cut up
    
8. Cough spasmodically
   "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day";
   - whoop
    
9. Obtain unauthorized access to a computer or network

Derived forms: hacked, hacking, hacks

Type of: author, auto, automobile, car, contend, cope, cough, cut, deal, edit, Equus caballus, foul, get by, grapple, horse, machine, make do, manage, motorcar, mount, pol [N. Amer], political leader, politician, politico, pollie [Austral], polly [Austral], program, programme [Brit, Cdn], redact, riding horse, saddle horse, tool, unskilled person, writer

Part of: fleet, Grub Street

Encyclopedia: Hack