Search results for: hack
5 matches found.
Hack (hăk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.
[1913 Webster]
Hack, v. t. (Football) To kick the shins of (an opposing payer).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hack, n. 1. A notch; a cut. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
[1913 Webster]
3. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough. Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Football) A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick. T. Hughes.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Computers) A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.
[PJC]
6. (Computers) A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.
[PJC]
7. A taxicab. [informal]
[PJC]
Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hack, v. t. 1. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
[1913 Webster]
2. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
[1913 Webster]
The word “remarkable” has been so hacked of late.
J. H. Newman.
[1913 Webster]