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To chop or cut down in a rough manner.

Example: They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

To cough noisily.

Example: This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.

To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.

Example: Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

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.

Example: I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

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 play hackeysack.

Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

Example: A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.

Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.

Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.

A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.

A kick in the shins.