HACK

noun a notch; a cut.

2. hack ·noun a kick on the shins.

3. hack ·adj hackneyed; hired; mercenary.

4. hack ·vt fig.: to mangle in speaking.

5. hack ·noun a procuress.

6. hack ·vi to live the life of a drudge or hack.

7. hack ·vt to use as a hack; to let out for hire.

8. hack ·noun unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.

9. hack ·noun a hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.

10. hack ·add. ·noun a kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.

11. hack ·add. ·vt to kick the shins of (an opposing payer).

12. hack ·noun an implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

13. hack ·vi to be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

14. hack ·vt to use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

15. hack ·vi to cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

xvi. hack ·noun a bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

xvii. hack ·noun a coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.

xviii. hack ·noun 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.

xix. hack ·noun 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.

xx. hack ·vt to cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

xxi. hack ·add. ·vi 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.