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1. (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
2. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
3. (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
4. (intransitive) To cough noisily.
5. To play hackeysack.
6. (equestrianism) 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. (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.
10. (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
11. (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
12. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
13. (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
14. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
15. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
16. To drive a hackney cab.
17. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
18. (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
19. (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
20. (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
21. (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
22. (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
23. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
24. To strike in a frantic movement.
25. (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

Substantiivi

1. (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
2. A tool for chopping.
3. A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
4. A dry cough.
5. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
6. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
7. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
8. A food-rack for cattle.
9. A hacking blow.
10. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
11. (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
12. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
13. (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
14. (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
15. A grating in a mill race.
16. (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
17. (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
18. A hearse.
19. (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
20. (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
21. (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
22. (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
23. (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
24. (computing, slang, dated) A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
25. (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
26. (computing, slang, dated) A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
27. (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
28. (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
29. (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
30. (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
31. (obsolete) A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
32. (obsolete) A procuress.
33. (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
34. (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
35. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
36. (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
37. (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
38. (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
39. A kick on the shins in football of any type.
40. (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
41. (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.

Huudahdus

1. An onomatopoeia for coughing.