hack
/hæk/ · noun
Meaning
- A tool for chopping.
- A hacking blow.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A dry cough.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A try, an attempt.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To cough noisily.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- A grating in a mill race.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A hearse.
- To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
- To live the life of a drudge or hack.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- To play hackeysack.
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