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Definition of hack

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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.
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Hack Hack, v. t. (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
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Hack Hack, n. (Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
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Hack Hack, 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. 2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
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Hack Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.] [OE. hakken; 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. My sword hacked like a handsaw. --Shak. 2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. --Shak.
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Hack Hack, a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. --Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. ``A vulgar hack writer.' --Macaulay.
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Hack Hack, v. t. 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire. 2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
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Hack Hack, v. i. 1. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. --Hanmer. 2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. --Goldsmith.
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Hack Hack, v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
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Hack Hack, n. 1. A notch; a cut. --Shak. 2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone. 3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. --Dr. H. More. 4. (Football) A kick on the shins. --T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
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Heck Heck, n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish. 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. 6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] Half heck, the lower half of a door. Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

Meaning of hack from wikipedia

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