[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hack \hack\, v. t. imp.  p. p. hacked ha^kt; p. pr. 
   vb. n. hacking. oe. hakken, as. haccian; akin to d.
   hakken, g. hacken, dan. hakke, sw. hacka, and perh. to e.
   hew. cf. hew to cut, haggle.
   1. to cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to
      notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting
      instrument; as, to hack a post.
      1913 webster

            my sword hacked like a handsaw.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: to mangle in speaking. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. computers to program a computer for pleasure or
      compulsively; especially, to try to defeat the security
      systems and gain unauthorized access to a computer.
      pjc

   4. to bear, physically or emotionally; as, he left the job
      because he couldn't hack the pressure. colloq.
      pjc
see also:
hacked hacking hew haggle 

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