hack

/hăk/

intransitive verb

1. To let out (a horse) for hire.
2. To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.
3. To drive a taxicab for a living.
4. To work for hire as a writer.
5. To ride on horseback at an ordinary pace.
6. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows.
   hacked down the saplings.
7. To break up the surface of (soil).
8. (Informal) To alter (a computer program).
   hacked her text editor to read HTML.
9. To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization.
   hacked the firm's personnel database.
10. (Slang) To cut or mutilate as if by hacking.
    hacked millions off the budget.
11. (Slang) To cope with successfully; manage.
    couldn't hack a second job.
12. To chop or cut something by hacking.
13. To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
14. To use one's skill in computer programming to gain illegal or unauthorized access to a file or network.
    hacked into the company's intranet.
15. To cough roughly or harshly.