v. 1 chop, hew, lacerate, gash, slash, cut; mangle, butcher, mutilate, ruin, destroy, smash, batter, damage, deface He hacked the furniture to pieces with an axe 2 bark, cough She was disgusted by the man's hacking and spitting
n. 3 cut, gash, slash, chop He took a hack at the log with his hatchet