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Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Hatch a half door.]
Definition : 1. A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. hakken; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
Definition : 1. To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post. My sword hacked like a handsaw. Shak.

2. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A notch; a cut. Shak.

2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.

4. (Football)

Defn: A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]
Definition : 1. A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

2. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots. Pope.

3. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack. Goldsmith.

4. A procuress.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Wakefield. Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. "A vulgar hack writer." Macaulay.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hack
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Hanmer.

2. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Goldsmith.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913