| 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. |
| Hack |
n. |
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. |
| Hack |
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. |
| Hack |
v. t. |
Fig.: To mangle in speaking. |
| Hack |
v. i. |
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough. |
| Hack |
n. |
A notch; a cut. |
| Hack |
n. |
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone. |
| Hack |
n. |
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. |
| Hack |
n. |
A kick on the shins. |
| Hack |
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. |
| Hack |
n. |
A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. |
| Hack |
n. |
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. |
| Hack |
n. |
A procuress. |
| Hack |
a. |
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. |
| Hack |
v. t. |
To use as a hack; to let out for hire. |
| Hack |
v. t. |
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. |
| Hack |
v. i. |
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. |
| Hack |
v. i. |
To live the life of a drudge or hack. |
| Hack |
v. i. |
To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion. |
| Hack |
v. t. |
To kick the shins of (an opposing payer). |
| Hack |
n. |
A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick. |
