hack

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. Fig.: To mangle in speaking. Source: opted

5. v. i. To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough. Source: opted

6. n. A notch; a cut. Source: opted

7. n. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone. Source: opted

8. n. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Source: opted

9. n. A kick on the shins. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

11. n. A coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach. Source: opted

12. n. A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge. Source: opted

13. n. A procuress. Source: opted

14. a. Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. Source: opted

15. v. t. To use as a hack; to let out for hire. Source: opted

16. v. t. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. Source: opted

17. v. i. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute. Source: opted

18. v. i. To live the life of a drudge or hack. Source: opted

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