hack

1. 1.

   cut with a hacking tool

   Synonymschop

   Broadercut

   Narroweraxe
2. 2.

   be able to manage or manage successfully

   “I can't hack it anymore”

   “she could not cut the long days in the office”

   Synonymscut

   Broadercope
3. 3.

   cut away

   “he hacked his way through the forest”

   Broadercut
4. 4.

   kick on the arms

   Broaderfoul

   basketball

5. 5.

   kick on the shins

   Broaderfoul

   rugby

6. 6.

   fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

   “I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”

   Synonymshack on

   Broaderprogram
7. 7.

   significantly cut up a manuscript

   Synonymscut up

   Broaderedit
8. 8.

   cough spasmodically

   “The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”

   Synonymswhoop

   Broadercough

Other forms of hack

plural

hacks·

past tense

hacked·

present participle

hacking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hack

What does hack mean?

hack means "one who works hard at boring tasks". That is the primary sense; the word has 16 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hack?

hack has 1 syllable: hack. In IPA it is /ˈhæk/.

What is another word for hack?

Close synonyms include drudge, hacker, machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hack a common word?

hack is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.