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Verb hack has 8 senses

chop, hack - cut with a hacking tool
--₁ is one way to cut

Derived form: noun hack₄
Sample sentence:
The chefs hack the vegetables
hack, cut - informal: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
--₂ is one way to cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
hack - cut away; "he hacked with way through the forest"
--₃ is one way to cut

Derived form: noun hack₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
hack - kick on the arms
--₄ is one way to foul
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
hack - kick on the shins
--₅ is one way to foul
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
hack, hack on - fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"
--₆ is one way to program, programme

Derived form: noun hacker₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
hack, cut up - significantly cut up a manuscript
--₇ is one way to edit, redact
Sample sentence:
They won't hack the story
hack, whoop - cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
--₈ is one way to cough
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s