Definition of "Hack" :

noun: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

noun: a horse kept for hire

noun: an old or over-worked horse

noun: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

noun: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

noun: one who works hard at boring tasks

noun: a mediocre and disdained writer

noun: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

verb: cough spasmodically

"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day."

verb: significantly cut up a manuscript

verb: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

"I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best."

verb: kick on the shins

verb: kick on the arms

verb: cut with a hacking tool

verb: cut away

"He hacked his way through the forest."

verb: be able to manage or manage successfully

"I can't hack it anymore."