—v. - cut or chop roughly.

- football etc. Kick the shin of (an opponent).

- (often foll. By at) deliver cutting blows.

- cut (one's way) through foliage etc.

- colloq. Gain unauthorized access to (data in a computer).

- slang manage, cope with; tolerate.

- (as hacking adj.) (of a cough) short, dry, and frequent. —n. - kick with the toe of a boot.

- gash or wound, esp. From a kick.

- a mattock. B miner's pick. [old english]

- —n. - a = *hackney. B horse let out for hire.

- person hired to do dull routine work, esp. Writing. —attrib. Adj. - used as a hack.

- typical of a hack; commonplace (hack work). —v. Ride on horseback on a road at an ordinary pace. [abbreviation of *hackney]