To make irregular cuts in or upon; mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; cut or notch at random.To dress off the more prominent parts of (stone) with a hack-hammer.To chap; frost-bite, as the hands.To kick, as one player another in foot-ball; bruise by kicking.To break up, as clods of earth after plowing.To chop; cut: as, to keep hacking away at a log.To hop on one leg.To toil; work laboriously; strive to attain something.To stammer; stutter. Also hacker.To emit short sharp sounds in coughing; cough slightly and frequently; be affected by a short, broken, dry cough. Compare hawk.To chatter with cold.n. A cut; a notch.n. A cut in a tree to indicate a particular spot, or a series of cuts made in a number of trees as a guide through woods; a blazed line.n. In foot-ball, a kick on the shin; also, a bruise produced by kicking.n. A stroke on one's own account; turn at doing something: as, every one feels obliged to take a hack at it.n. A blunt ax; a cutting-tool for notching or hacking trees to bleed them, as in gathering the sap of the maple.n. A pick; a pickax; a mattock; a spade; a hack-iron.n. The lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine. Holme, 1688.n. Broken or hesitating speech.n. A grated frame. , , n. In falconry, partial liberty. See the extract.To place (bricks) in rows to dry before burning.n. A haw; a hedge.n. A horse kept for hire; hence, a horse adapted for general service, such as that required of horses kept for hire, especially for driving and riding.n. A carriage kept for hire; a hackney-coach.n. A drudge; one who is overworked; especially, a literary drudge; a person hired to write according to direction or demand.n. A procuress; a prostitute.Hired; mercenary; much used or worn, like a hired horse; hackneyed: as, a hack writer.To ride on the road; ride with an ordinary horse or pace: opposed to cross-country riding, cavalry riding, etc.To drive in a hack.To be common or vulgar; turn prostitute; have to do with prostitutes.To let out for hire: as, to hack a horse.n. Same as hackbut.n. The board on which a hawk′ s meat is laid.To do work as a hack or literary drudge: as, to hack for a living.