# verb. - cut with rough or heavy blows. * hack off the dead branches - use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. * they hacked into the bank's computer - manage; cope. * lots of people leave because they can't hack it - ride a horse for pleasure or exercise. * the two riders hacked along the trail through the woods
# noun. - a rough cut, blow, or stroke. * he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him - an act of computer hacking. * the challenge of the hack itself - a writer or journalist producing dull, unoriginal work. * a bunch of Hollywood hacks rewrite it five times - a horse for ordinary riding. - a board on which a hawk's meat is laid. * None - a wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc.