n.

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

v.

1. cut with a hacking tool;
   chop
2. be able to manage or manage successfully;
   cut
   
   • I can't hack it anymore
   • she could not cut the long days in the office
3. cut away
   
   • he hacked his way through the forest
4. kick on the arms
5. kick on the shins
6. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;
   hack on
   
   • I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best
7. significantly cut up a manuscript;
   cut up
8. cough spasmodically;
   whoop
   
   • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day