hack

noun

1
a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
2
a horse kept for hire
3
an old or over-worked horse
4
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
5
a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
6
one who works hard at boring tasks
7
a mediocre and disdained writer
8
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

1
cough spasmodically
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day
2
significantly cut up a manuscript
3
fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
4
kick on the shins

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