noun · one who works hard at boring tasksnoun · a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public endsmachine politicianward-heelerpolitical hack
noun · a mediocre and disdained writerhack writerliterary hack
noun · a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for moneynoun · an old or over-worked horseverb · cut with a hacking toolverb · be able to manage or manage successfully“I can't hack it anymore”
verb · fix a computer program piecemeal until it works“I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best”
hack on
verb · significantly cut up a manuscriptverb · cough spasmodically“The patient with emphysema is hacking all day”