[hak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut with rough or heavy blows
(e.g: hack off the dead branches)

- gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer
(e.g: they hacked into the bank's computer)

- cough persistently
(e.g: I was waking up in the middle of the night and coughing and hacking for hours)

- manage; cope
(e.g: lots of people leave because they can't hack it)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English, probably reflecting an unattested Old English verb haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken

[hak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rough cut, blow, or stroke
(e.g: he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him)

- an act of computer hacking
(e.g: the challenge of the hack itself)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English, probably reflecting an unattested Old English verb haccian ‘cut in pieces’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hakken and German hacken

[hak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work
(e.g: a bunch of Hollywood hacks rewrite it five times)

- a horse for ordinary riding

- a taxi


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in hack): abbreviation of hackney. hack dates from the late 17th century

[hak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- ride a horse for pleasure or exercise
(e.g: the two riders hacked along the trail through the woods)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in hack): abbreviation of hackney. hack dates from the late 17th century

[hak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a board on which a hawk's meat is laid

- a wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc.


Phrases:
- at hack

Origin:
late 16th century: probably a variant of hatch