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.
The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
Time check.
A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
A kick on the shins in football.
Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
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.
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.
(authorship) An untalented writer.
One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
A procuress.
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
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.
(by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
(by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
To swing at a pitched ball.
(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
To strike in a frantic movement.
To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
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.
To play hackeysack.