Definition of Hack

Noun: hack hak

One who works hard at boring tasks
- drudge, hacker
A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- machine politician, ward-heeler [N. Amer], political hack, heeler [N. Amer]
A mediocre and disdained writer
- hack writer, literary hack
A tool (as a hoe, pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
[N. Amer] A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- cab, taxi, taxicab
An old or over-worked horse
- jade, nag, plug
A horse kept for hire
A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
Something that does not fix a problem but offers an alternative method to avoid it; usually a temporary solution to a software bug
- workaround

Verb: hack hak

Cut with a hacking tool
- chop
Be able to manage or manage successfully
"I can't hack it anymore";
- cut
Cut away
"he hacked his way through the forest"
(basketball) kick on the arms
(rugby) kick on the shins
Fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
"I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best";
- hack on
Significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut up
Cough spasmodically
"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day";
- whoop
Obtain unauthorized access to a computer or network