verb be able to manage or manage successfully.
— synonyms: cut
verb cut away.
verb kick on the arms.
verb kick on the shins.
verb fix a computer program piecemeal until it works.
— synonyms: hack_on
verb significantly cut up a manuscript.
— synonyms: cut_up
verb cough spasmodically.
— synonyms: whoop
noun one who works hard at boring tasks.
— synonyms: drudge, hacker
noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
— synonyms: machine_politician, ward-heeler, political_hack
noun a mediocre and disdained writer.
— synonyms: hack_writer, literary_hack
noun a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil.
noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
— synonyms: cab, taxi, taxicab
noun an old or over-worked horse.
— synonyms: jade, nag, plug
noun a horse kept for hire.
noun a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc..
Examples
“Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack.”
“He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out.”
“They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.”