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1. (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
2. To play hackeysack.
3. (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
4. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
5. (intransitive) To cough noisily.
6. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
7. (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
8. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
9. (obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
10. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.
11. (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
12. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
13. (transitive, slang, computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
14. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
15. (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
16. (computing) 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.
17. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
18. To work with on an intimately technical level.
19. (ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
20. (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
21. (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
22. To strike in a frantic movement.

Substantiivit

1. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
2. (obsolete) An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired.
3. (falconry) 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.
4. A tool for chopping.
5. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack)
6. A food-rack for cattle.
7. A hacking blow.
8. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
9. (pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
10. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
11. A dry cough.
12. (slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
13. A grating in a mill race.
14. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
15. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
16. (pejorative) An untalented writer.
17. (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
18. (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
19. (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
20. (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
21. (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.
22. (computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
23. (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
24. (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
25. (obsolete) A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
26. (obsolete) A procuress.
27. (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.
28. (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
29. (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
30. (slang, military) Time check.
31. (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
32. A kick on the shins in football.