Definition of hack

• n. - 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.
• n. - Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
• v. t. - To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.
• v. t. - Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
• v. i. - To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.
• n. - A notch; a cut.
• n. - An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
• n. - A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
• n. - A kick on the shins.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.
• n. - A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
• n. - A procuress.
• a. - Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
• v. t. - To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
• v. t. - To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
• v. i. - To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
• v. i. - To live the life of a drudge or hack.