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v To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.

v (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner. (defdate|from around the 12th c.)

v (intransitive) To cough noisily. (defdate|from the 19th c.)

v To withstand or put up with a difficult situation. (defdate|from the 20th c.)

v (transitive|slang|computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.

v (transitive|slang|computing) By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).

v (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.

v (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that is inelegant or that makes the program harder to maintain.

v To work on an intimately technical level.

v (ice hockey) To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.

v (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.

v (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

v To strike in a frantic movement.

n A tool for chopping. (defdate|from the 14th c.)

n A hacking blow. (defdate|from the 19th c.)

n A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

n A dry cough.

n (figuratively) A try, an attempt. (defdate|from the 19th c.)

n (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.

n (obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pick.

n (context|computing|slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.

n (computing) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

n (computing) A small code change meant to patch a problem as quickly as possible.

n (computing) An expedient, temporary solution, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.

n (slang|military) Time check.

n (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.

n (context|falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.

n A food-rack for cattle.

n A rack used to dry bricks.

v (context|falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

n (obsolete) An ordinary saddle horse, especially one which has been let out for hire and is old and tired. (defdate|from the 14th c.)

n A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work. (newspaper hack) (defdate|from the 17th c.)

n (pejorative) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.

n (slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.

n (pejorative) An untalented writer.

n (pejorative) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)

n (pejorative) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.

n (politics) A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)

v (dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.

v To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).

v (obsolete) To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

v (obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.

n A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for the use in hackeysack.

v To play hackeysack.